Pianist and conductor Sunwook Kim came to international recognition when he won the prestigious Leeds International Piano Competition in 2006, aged just 18, becoming the competition’s youngest winner for 40 years, as well as its first Asian winner. Since then, he has established a reputation as one of the finest pianists of his generation, appearing as a concerto soloist in the subscription series of some of the world’s leading orchestras including the Berliner Philharmoniker, London Symphony Orchestra, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Staatskapelle Dresden, Chicago Symphony, Los Angeles Philharmonic, NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester, Finnish Radio Symphony and Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor collaborations include with Jakub Hrusa, Nathalie Stutzmann, Daniel Harding, Paavo Järvi, John Elliot Gardiner, Myung-Whun Chung, Osmo Vänskä, and Vladimir Ashkenazy. Recital highlights include regular appearances at the Wigmore Hall, Queen Elizabeth Hall, Philharmonie de Paris and Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, Piano aux Jacobin Festival, AIX Festival, La Roque d’Antheron International Piano Festival as well as at the Beethoven-Haus Bonn, Teatro Colon Buenos Aires, Kioi Hall in Tokyo, Symphony Hall Osaka and Seoul Arts Centre. Sunwook Kim’s debut recital disc was released on the Accentus label in October 2015, featuring Beethoven’s Waldstein and Hammerklavier sonatas; this was followed by a recording of Franck’s Prelude, choral et fugue paired with Brahms Sonata No.3. He has released further recordings of Beethoven’s Piano Sonatas and his most recent chamber music release features the Violin Sonatas of Beethoven in collaboration with Clara Jumi Kang. His discography also includes multiple concerto recordings; on Accentus Music with the Staatskapelle Dresden conducted by Myung-Whun Chung featuring Brahms’ Piano Concerto no. 1 (2019), a CD featuring Unsuk Chin’s Piano Concerto (2014) which attracted outstanding reviews and awards, and a CD featuring Beethoven Concerto No.5 (2013). Born in Seoul in 1988, Sunwook completed an MA in conducting at the Royal Academy of Music and was subsequently made a fellow of the Royal Academy of Music in 2019. Besides Leeds, international awards include the first prize at the 2004 Ettlingen Competition and the 2005 Clara Haskil Competition. This is his first appearance with the Israel Philharmonic.