Award-winning South Korean violinist YuEun Gemma Kim concertizes internationally as

soloist and chamber musician in a wide variety of repertoire on modern and baroque

period instruments. She moved to the United States in 2013 to attend University of

Southern California, where she studied with Midori Goto. She has been performing in

the US, Asia, and Europe with ensembles like Delirium Musicum, American Bach

Soloists, Boulder Bach Festival, Voices of Music, Noree Chamber Soloists, Kumho

Chamber Music Society and many more. She was a top prize winner at Boulder

International Chamber Music Competition Art of Duo, a semi-finalist at the Qingdao

International Violin Competition in China and at the Michael Hill International Violin

Competition in New Zealand, and recently received the Jeffrey Thomas Award from

American Bach Soloists.

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YuEun is a core member of the self-conducted chamber orchestra Delirium Musicum.

During the pandemic, Delirium Musicum created MusiKaravan, which took YuEun and

Artistic Director Etienne Gara on the road in a vintage Volkswagen bus to perform

socially-distanced concerts for farm workers, winemakers, random passersby, and even

the occasional ostrich. MusiKaravan won the Audience Choice Award of the

San Francisco Classical Voice for “Best Streaming Series”. She participated in Delirium

Musicum’s recent debut album, “Seasons” under the label Warner Classics.

In 2022, YuEun was named Artist-in-Residence at Musica Angelica Baroque Orchestra

and this season, she will appear as a soloist with The Chamber Orchestra at St.

Matthew’s, Los Angeles Virtuosi Orchestra, American Bach Soloists, Musica Angelica

Baroque Orchestra and will perform in Europe and Asia.

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Her Chopin’s Nocturne video on her YouTube reached over 15 million views.

Ines Thomé is a German-born guitarist, chamber musician, and educator. She completed her Bachelor's and Master's degrees in Germany and earned her Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the University of Southern California in Los Angeles.

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Ines's exceptional talent and dedication to music are evident through her numerous awards from international competitions in Germany, Italy, and the United States, including First Prizes at the Beverly Hills National Auditions, the International Guitar Competition in Walnut Creek, California, and the American Guitar Society's Bickford Competition. Ines has been invited to give solo recitals at prestigious venues such as the Stuttgart International Guitar Festival in Germany, the Los Angeles Guitar Festival, and various concert series in the U.S. and Germany.In addition to her achievements in classical guitar, Ines has a keen interest in historical performance practice. She enjoys playing a variety of period instruments, including the lute, theorbo, and baroque guitar. She has performed on period instruments with the USC Opera and the American Contemporary Ballet, and she has also participated in the Berkeley Early Music Festival. Her dedication to early music was recognized with an award at the International Guitar Competition in Erwitte, Germany. While she was still in Germany, Ines played electric guitar in the female metal and Arven, with whom she released two albums.

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In addition to her successful career as a performer, Ines has been teaching guitar for over 20 years. She currently directs the only elementary guitar program in the Muscogee County School District, where she loves creating innovative arrangements that incorporate a variety of instruments. When not performing and teaching, Ines loves to play soccer with her 4-year-old son Vincent and has been seen paragliding through the Alps.