TOM SKINNER x HYELIM KIM

TOM SKINNER x HYELIM KIM

Tom Skinner Residency

On Thursday 18 April, Tom Skinner invites Composer, Daegeum soloist and Researcher Hyelim Kim to join him in a live and fully improvised performance.

As composer and daegeum (Korean flute) soloist, Kim has been using pioneering intercultural/interdisciplinary approaches in her music making that is rooted in Korean traditional music.

In April 2022, Skinner and Kim met for the first time, a meeting which would culminate in their first performance together in a fully spontaneous and improvised set curated by photographer George Nelson at Moments Notice, which took place at Amp Studios, London. Kim’s approach, entangled with Skinner’s versatile and adaptable style of playing, created an eerie and encapsulating performance that gripped the audience. 

Since this chance meeting and performance, Skinner and Kim have been developing their sound together. Their performance at MoMo will delve deeper into this exploration of sound through their developments and further improvisations.

Hyelim Kim

As composer and taegŭm (Korean flute) soloist, Dr Hyelim Kim has been using pioneering intercultural/interdisciplinary approaches through rooted in Korean traditional music.

As a taegŭm virtuoso, Kim was selected as an ‘emerging artist’ by the Korean Arts Council and as the Kumho Young Artist, has been invited to perform a live session with Nils Frahm on BBC Radio 3’s celebrated Late Junction, and was the soloist on the world premier of a taegŭm concertino performed with the Orchestre de chambre de Paris, to name a few. She has also won prizes at various acclaimed competitions, including the Gold Medal at the Korean National Taegŭm Competition and the 1st prize at the Korean National Chongro Music Competition. Kim has performed at various prestigious festivals worldwide, including the London Jazz Festival, Melbourne Women’s Festival (Melbourne), China International Bamboo Flute Festival (Yuping), the World Classics (England), the Shubbak Festival (London), and the Creativity Unlimited Festival (Sydney). Kim is a regular member of the Third Orchestra (Barbican Centre).

In 2023 she received the Paul Hamlyn Award for composers in London, UK.

Tom Skinner is the artist in residence for MOMO Festival 2024. He will curate and perform on three days, with three unique performances.