Kyoungwoon Leah Kim began her violin studies at the age of eight in Pusan, South Korea. She was honored several times in her native country before she came to USA at age of fifteen, winning the Pusan Symphony Young Artist competition, the SunHwa competition, and the Josun and Korean Newspaper National competitions.

Ms. Kim has received a scholarship to the Juilliard Pre-college program in New York, where she studied with Margaret Pardee. While studying at Juilliard, Ms. Kim received several prestigious awards and honors. She obtained the highest score ever in the history of the New York State School Music Association competition and also earned division, state, regional and national prizes in the Music Teachers National Association competition. In addition, she won various competitions held by the New York Times, the Long Island Symphony, and Steinway.

In New York Ms. Kim had the opportunity to perform in the Steinway Recital Hall Concert Series, the Rockaway Young Artist concert, and in various other concerts and recitals. She performed at Tilles Hall as a soloist with the Long Island Symphony and annual recitals for five years at the Juilliard Recital Hall in Lincoln Center. She also had the honor of performing the Paganini violin concerto live for the New York Times Radio Station Young Artist Program (WQXR)

After completing her studies at Juilliard, Ms. Kim received a full scholarship to attend the Peabody Conservatory of Music, where she studied with Berl Senofsky and Victor Danchenko and Rebecca Henry and earned both bachelor‚s and two masters‚ degrees in violin performance and pedagogy. Ms. Kim then studied with Alexandre Brussilovsky at the Conservatoire de National de Versailles, where she began working toward a Perfectionment degree (post-graduate.) While in Paris, she performed in concerts as a member of the Riccercata Ensemble de Paris.

Ms. Kim for her two years in Korea, she held the position of associate concert mistress in the Suwon Philharmonic Orchestra. She has recorded a CD with the orchestra. She has continuously performed regularly on Korean television and radio programs. Ms. Kim is also a founder of Bellissimo Ensemble in Seoul, Korea, and founding member of Tononi Quartet in Philadelphia. Ms. Kim has returned from Korea pursuing her doctorate degree at Temple University. Shortly after her return to USA, she became a founding member of Tononi Quartet in Philadelphia. Tononi Quartet has performed extensively all around the east coast. Ms. Kim is currently an Adjuct faculty and Artist in residence at both Temple University and Eastern University. She is also on faculty board at Temple Music Prep and Settlement Music School. She also teaches privately. Ms Kim currently resides in Philadelphia, USA.