2024 Radda Rise International String Competition
Sophie Kim
Third Prize
•Cello and Bass Division of Category 3
Sophie Kim is a Junior at Corona Del Sol High School. She started playing cello at the age of nine years old and currently studies with Professor Thomas Landschoot of Arizona State University. Sophie has won multiple competitions including first places in OPUS Music Competition, Arizona Cello Society (2019 and 2022), Young Musician’s Competition (2021 and 2022), Arizona Musicfest (2022 and 2024), Tucson Cello Congress, Arizona International Music Competition, Prima Volta International Competition, UK International Music Competition and alternate in MTNA. In 2020, she won first prize in the American Protege Strings Competition and later played in Carnegie Hall. Last fall, she performed with the Fresno State Symphony after winning the Fresno International Competition. Sophie has also received masterclasses from Ko Iwasaki, Philippe Muller, Cho-Liang Lin, and Johannes Moser. In her free time, she enjoys painting and taking care of her fishes.