Claire Kim has been playing cello for 10 years. She was the assistant principal cellist for the New Jersey Youth Symphony Orchestra in 2023-2024. She is also part of the New York Youth Chamber Music Program (2024-now), playing with the Reverie String Quartet.
• First Place – New York Young Virtuoso Competition (2025)
• First Place – Prima Volta Music Competition (2025)
• Third Prize – International Grande Music Competition (2025)
• First Prize – Young Artists International Premiere Competition (2025– Reverie String Quartet)
• Second Place – Camerata Artists International Competition (2025 – Seren Quartet)
• First Place – New York Young Virtuoso Competition (2024 – Reverie String Quartet)
• Semifinalist – Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center Young Musicians Competition (2025 Seren Flute Quartet)
• First Place – Winter VIVO International Music Competition (2024– Reverie String Quartet)
• Second Place – Bellagrande International Music Competition (2024– Reverie String Quartet)
• Second Place – VITAS International Music Competition (2024)
• Honorable Mention – Camerata Artists International Competition (2024)
• Highest Level Finalists – Young Maestro competition (2024)
• First Place – Elite International Music Competition (2023)
• Second Place – Prima Volta Music Competition (2023)
• Second Place – VIVO International Music Competition (2023)
• Second Place – Winter VIVO International Music Competition (2023)
Watch Claire Daeun Kim perform Concerto in D Minor by Edouard Lalo on the cello for the 2025 Romantic Music Competition as part of the Charleston International Music Competition.