Benjamin Kim

Benjamin "Ben" Kim (born 1983) is an American pianist, who won the 55th ARD International Music Competition in Munich, September 2006 (First prize).Kim started studying the piano at age five with the famed Oregonian piano teacher, Dorothy Fahlman. At the age of eight, he performed his first public solo recital and his orchestral debut at twelve. He has featured on National Public Radio's classical music show From the Top. In 2004, he finished an accelerated Bachelor of Music degree program at the Peabody Conservatory as a student of Leon Fleisher. He studied in the Leipzig Sommer Akademie with Bruce Brubaker. He has been continuing his studies at Peabody with Leon Fleisher with pianist and teacher Yong Hi Moon as a candidate for the Artist Diploma program which is the school's highest distinction. He attended the Universität der Künste Berlin (UDK Berlin) and was selected to attend International Piano Academy Lake Como in Italy.