Cuna Kim is a sophomore at Fox Chapel Area High School and has studied violin for 12 years, currently studying with Irene Cheng, who is a member of the first violin section in the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. She first started out in the City Music Center Program at Duquesne, is a previous member of the Three Rivers Young Peoples Orchestras, and now is in the first violin section of the Pittsburgh Youth Symphony Orchestra. Through the Youth Chamber Connection program, Cuna is a violinist of the Cygnus Quartet. She also has been selected as concertmaster of PMEA Districts and District Honors orchestras numerous times. She attended the six-week long Interlochen Summer Music Camp for orchestral performance in 2017, as a member of the World Youth Symphony Orchestra. While at Interlochen, Cuna had the privilege of working with many great musicians. Previously, Cuna was chosen twice to be a finalist in the Pittsburgh Philharmonic Concerto Competition, and recently was named a finalist in the Duquesne Young Artists National Concerto Competition. She was a winner of the Pittsburgh Civic Orchestra Young Artists Concerto Competition. Additionally, she will play at the Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall in New York, through being chosen as a first place winner in the American Protégé International Concerto Competition. Most recently Cuna, as well as her quartet was chosen as a winners for the Pittsburgh Concert Society Young Artists Competition.
