Composer Ingi Kim began playing the piano at age 6 and proceeded with his musical
education at Sunhwa Arts Middle and High School (major in piano and composition).
Upon graduation, he moved to Austria to commence his compositional studies at the
University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna with Prof. Dietmar Schermann.
Currently he is in his last year of diploma studies with Prof. Michael Jarrell.
He has participated in numerous performances, both of his works as a composer and
also as a piano soloist. His piece, White Explosions for chamber orchestra,
commissioned to him by Ensemble Ultreia, was performed successfully in 2019. In 2021
he received 3rd prize in the composition competition of the Busan MARU International
Music Festival of Korea for his piece Écriture Ésotérique, and in 2022 his piece Qualia
was selected by the jury as a recommended work in the 5th Mauricio Kagel
Composition Competition.