Sangyoon Kim

South Korean clarinetist Sang Yoon Kim (1987) was appointed Principal Clarinet of the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra in 2018. Sang Yoon is the first prize winner of the 67th Prague Spring International Music Competition 2015. He appeared as a soloist with BBC Symphony Orchestra under the baton of their Music Director, Sakari Oramo at the Prague Spring International Music Festival.
As a passionate orchestra player, he has played as the guest principal clarinet of The Cleveland Orchestra and London Philharmonic Orchestra, with Vladimir Jurowski, Christoph Eschenbach, Franz-Welser Most, Jaap Van Zweden and many others.

Mr. Kim was the first Korean clarinetist to be accepted to the Conservatoire National Superieur de Musique de Paris where he studied with Michel Arrignon and Pascal Moragues. Mr. Kim pursued an Artist Diploma at the Colburn Conservatory of Music in Los Angeles under the tutelage of Yehuda Gilad.