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DoYeon Kim

DoYeon Kim is an internationally acclaimed artist known for her uniquely broad and deep musical approach. Traditionally trained on the gayageum (an ancient Korean zither), her work synthesizes Korean, jazz and improvisation idioms, and she is regarded worldwide for introducing the gayageum into contemporary music. Recognized as one of 7 Musicians Pushing Ancient Asian Instruments Into The Future (Grammy.com, 2021), she has received the Van Lier Fellowship (2023) and been nominated for a Korean Grammy Award (crossover category, 2018). Most recently, she was selected as a Next Jazz Legacy awardee (2025), further solidifying her presence in the contemporary jazz scene.

During her traditional Korean training, DoYeon won numerous international competitions (e.g

Wellspring

By DoYeon Kim

Label: Tao Forms
Released: 2026
Track listing: The Beats of Distant Thunder; Walking in the Dream; Whispers Among Dawn; Sun Shower; Diffraction; Linear System; Calculus of Our Souls.

Vision Festival 2026, Part 1

by Luciano Rossetti
July 26, 2026

Marshall Allen, Trae Crudup, Black Cherry, and DoYeon Kim At Vision Festival 2026

by Fran Kursztejn
July 2, 2026

Marshall Allen, Trae Cruddup, Hamid Drake, William Parker, DoYeon Kim Abrons Arts Center Vision Festival June 26, 2026 Creative music (in William Parker's words, “so-called jazz") is an old scene in New York City. Ornette Coleman at least nominally birthed the “free jazz" movement in the '60s, and ever since, the ...

Joe Morris at Vision Fest 30

by Fran Kursztejn
June 28, 2026

Joe MorrisAbrons Arts CenterVision Festival New York, NYJune 23, 2026 “Joe Morris is the real deal," said Matthew Shipp, relating the first time he met the multi-hyphenate musician and educator, who was presented with the Arts for Art's Lifetime Achievement Award at the 30th annual Vision Festival. Morris introduced himself ...

DoYeon Kim: Wellspring

by Alberto Bazzurro
June 23, 2026

La coreana DoYeon Kim, specialista di gayageum (o kayagum), cetra orizzontale di tradizione anch'essa coreana con cassa armonica in legno e ponticelli mobili dotata di 12 corde di seta, benché i modelli più recenti ed evoluti arrivino a squadernarne fino a 25, nonché cantante, giunge con questo Wellspring al suo quinto album, che però è in ...

DoYeon Kim, Josilemi, Dave Douglas & Alm

by Maurice Hogue
May 25, 2026

Acclaimed in her home country, gayageum player DoYeon Kim has been garnering plenty of praise for her talent in the North American jazz scene, and her first recording as a leader--Wellspring--will certainly add to her reputation. It's a most unique album. There are some trios and duos of note in this episode: Josilemi (Joe Fonda bass, ...

Steve Wilson, Harry Skoler, Yvonne Rogers, Jed Levy-Phil Robson, Udeigwe

by Cheryl K.
May 2, 2026

During this week's two-hour program of jazz and improvised music--saxophonist Steve Wilson; clarinetist Harry Skoler; vocalist/composer Marie-Paule Franke; pianist/composer Yvonne Rogers; pianist/composer/arranger John Beasley; saxophonist Jed Levy and guitarist Phil Robson; gayageum player/vocalist/composer DoYeon Kim; pianist Antonio Farao and trumpeter Stephane Belmondo; and vocalist/keyboardist/composer Lawrence Udeigwe. Playlist Johnny Griffin “Main Spring" from The Congregation ...

The Anna Webber Nonet at the Jazz Gallery: Reflections from the Edge of a World Gone Awry

by Dave Kaufman
February 6, 2026

The Jazz Gallery has functioned as a vital incubator for the New York jazz scene since its founding in 1995, specifically designed as a non-profit space where the primary goal is artistic risk rather than commercial viability. Anna Webber has a longstanding relationship with the Gallery; she was the 2022 recipient of the Margaret Whitton Award ...

2026 Winter JazzFest Marathons: A Survival Guide

by Ludovico Granvassu
January 6, 2026

For jazz fans who are in New York, when one countdown ends with the Times Square Ball Drop, another one begins--and ends a few days later, when Winter JazzFest officially gets underway with the first downbeat at Le Poisson Rouge. For 22 years, the festival has been the launch pad of the jazz year ...