Known for her lyrical eloquence and colorful palette at the keyboard, pianist Angela Jia Kim's (Jia= "jee-ah") artistic richness, classical refinement, and passionate performances have moved audiences and critics worldwide. Described by critics as "a superb colorist" with playing that is "full of life and fantasy," she has delighted audiences in recital, orchestral, and chamber music performances. Maria Curcio, the eminent protégée of Artur Schnabel, described Angela Jia Kim as "a real virtuoso of the instrument. [with] astonishing artistry at the keyboard."

Angela Jia Kim has established a unique voice on the classical music scene by devoting herself to the subtle shades of the great French masters, classicists, and other luminaries of the piano literature, bringing their elegant voices to the public with freshness and poeticism. Critics and audiences have responded, and Angela Jia Kim has been engaged and re-engaged in many of the world's great musical centers including New York, Washington D.C., Chicago, San Francisco, Paris, Warsaw, Toronto, and Montreal. These performances have been broadcast on PBS Television, Japan 's NHK, Canada 's CBC, Chicago 's WMFT- Dame Myra Hess Concert Series, and Washington D.C. 's Voice of America. During the 2004-2005 concert season, she embarked on a 27-concert tour across the United States with Impressions, Images, and Impromptus, a program featuring works of Schubert, Ravel, Beethoven, Schumann, and Liszt. The success of this tour has led to a re-invitation for another nationwide tour during the 2006-07 season.

Upcoming engagements in 2005-06 include performances and live radio broadcasts in Chicago , San Francisco , New York City, and abroad in France . Current projects include French Impressions, a program that features solo and chamber works by Ravel, Fauré, and Poulenc as well as exquisite combinations of French music with other art forms. For this project, she collaborates with Benjamin Millepied, principal dancer for the New York City Ballet, to perform a Satie piece that he recently choreographed for Mikhail Baryshnikov. This program will make its debut at the Chandler Center for the Arts in Vermont in 2006.

Angela Jia Kim is the subject of a documentary, An Ear for Music: Notes from the Road, which takes a behind-the-scenes look at a pianist's life on tour and the state of classical music in the United States . She is also featured in Piano Stories: 101 Inspirational Stories from the World's Best Pianists, which is written by Susan Derby and is scheduled for release in late 2005 by WP Publications.

Angela Jia Kim's recordings have received great critical acclaim from the press, public, and radio stations around the world. Her discography includes a new album entitled From Vienna to Paris (Schubert, Haydn, Schumann, Ravel, and Liszt), which was released in March 2005. Her debut CD release, Dances and Fantasies (Scriabin, Mozart, and Ravel), accompanied a tour throughout North America by the same name. Critics at home and abroad praised her "finesse and profound sensitivity" (Le Pays, France). An all-Mozart album is scheduled to be released in 2006, marking the 250th anniversary of his birth.

Recent highlights include performances alongside Beethoven master pianist Claude Frank, for which a reviewer from the Orange County Register praised Angela Jia Kim's "deeply burnished and expressive piano playing." and described her as "a poetic cushion." A 2001 performance in Burgundy , France created such a stir that prominent members of the audience founded Festival Jeune Talents, an international music festival in which Angela Jia Kim was invited to be the cornerstone guest artist.

Among her collection of prizes, Angela Jia Kim has been recognized for her interpretations of French music and Mozart. She was honored with the award for Best Interpretation of French Music by the French Piano Institute in Paris , and she won the grand prize at the Mozart Festival Competition in Illinois .

Angela Jia Kim has performed as orchestral soloist with orchestras across the United States . Following a performance of the Grieg Concerto, a critic from the Waterloo Courier wrote, "Electrifying. with great delicacy and rich colors. Kim's playing of the concerto was the best I have ever heard."

A native of Ames , Iowa , Angela Jia Kim began her piano studies at the age of four with her mother, Hannah Myung Kim. She credits her main musical influences to master pianist and teacher Sergei Babayan, the Dalcroze method, and her other teachers who include Marc Durand, Lee Kum Sing, Barry Snyder, and Chiu-Ling Lin. An Eastman School of Music graduate, Angela Jia Kim currently resides in New York City with her husband and yellow English Labrador. In her free time, she practices yoga and meditation.

Angela Jia Kim is a Yamaha Artist.