A recipient of the Fritz Kreisler Award upon graduation from the prestigious Curtis Institute of Music, Paul Ghun Kim began his conducting career at the age of 18 as the Resident Conductor of the Hartwick College Summer Music Festival. He has since held posts as the Music Director of New Academy Orchestra of Amsterdam, the Assistant Conductor at the Shepherd School of Music, and as cover conductor for the Kansas City Symphony and the Manhattan School of Music. He has also assisted Hans Graf in the Houston premier of Mozart’s Davide Penitente and has conducted the National Arts Centre Orchestra in Ottawa, Canada. Recently, he has conducted the New World Symphony in a masterclass with Michael Tilson Thomas.