Jeeyoon Kim: Building Beautiful Bridges

Conversations with Musicians, with Leah Roseman

Jeeyoon Kim is a very special concert pianist who has opened meaningful connections to new audiences through her innovative concerts, albums, podcast, and now her book “Whenever You’re Ready”. You’ll learn how she sold out her Carnegie Hall debut recital without knowing one person in New York, without an agent or winning a competition. She’s generously shared 3 tracks from some of her albums that punctuate this episode. Her website is linked here: https://www.jeeyoonkim.com/about

I was so honoured when Jeeyoon agreed to be part of this series, because I knew her wisdom, personal story and her music making would resonate strongly with you.

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Timestamps

(00:00) Intro

(02:31) book “Whenever You’re Ready”

(04:34) podcast “Journey Through Classical Piano”

(08:26) intro to Brahms’ Intermezzo

(11:28) Brahms Intermezzo op. 118, number 2

(18:04) Jeeyoon’s childhood in Korea

(23:10) burnout challenges

(26:48) decision to pursue Master’s in Pedagogy after Doctorate

(30:28) please support this podcast

(31:07) adapting teaching to each student

(35:00) private teaching versus academic setting, creating your own path

(39:46) Jeeyoon’s innovative concerts, 10 More Minutes crowdfunding and Carnegie Hall debut

(53:07) Kapustin Concert Etude op. 40 number 6 Pastoral from Jeeyoon Kim’s album Sium

(55:59) Sium project, 17 concert tour

(01:02:42) Debussy

(01:05:21) La plus que lente by Debussy from Jeeyoon Kim’s album Sium

(01:09:49) the challenge of adapting to different pianos

(01:15:14) Allen T. Brown, pairing photography and poetry with music

(01:21:51) lifelong learning

(01:25:15) surfing

(01:31:35) great advice from David Bremmer