Eun Che Kim honoured at the George Enescu International Competition
South Korean violinist Eun Che Kim (28) has won third prize, worth 5,000 euros, at the 20th George Enescu International Competition in Bucharest.
The violin competition took place from 4 to 13 September 2026. Founded in 1958 in honour of the Romanian composer and violinist George Enescu, the music competition takes place every two years in Bucharest, Romania, and comprises the categories of violin, cello, piano and composition. In the final concert at the Romanian Athenaeum, Eun Che Kim performed Jean Sibelius’s Violin Concerto, accompanied by the George Enescu Philharmonic Orchestra.
Eun Che Kim has been studying the violin at the Eisler School of Music since 2017, under Prof. Kolja Blacher for her Bachelor’s degree and Prof. Ulf Wallin for her Master’s degree. She is currently studying to become a concertmaster under Prof. Ulf Wallin. She has supplemented her musical training with masterclasses with Leonidas Kavakos, Ana Chumachenko, Mihaela Martin, Vadim Gluzman and Dora Schwarzberg.
She has previously won awards at several international music competitions. In 2017, she won 3rd prize at the International Johannes Brahms Competition; in 2023, she won 3rd prize at the Carl Nielsen Competition; also in 2023, she won 1st prize at the Carl Flesch Competition and 1st prize at the Ars Classica International Competition in Rome. Eun Che Kim has performed with, amongst others, the Seongnam Symphony Orchestra, the KBS Symphony Orchestra, the Baden-Baden Philharmonic, the Odense Symphony Orchestra and the Copenhagen Philharmonic Orchestra.