Ariana Kim
Ariana Kim is currently a junior at Orange County School of the Arts. Starting bassoon at the age of six at the Tampere Conservatory in Finland, she was an annual Conservatory winner. Prior to being selected as a soloist for the PSYO concerto competition, she was a soloist for the OCSA concerto competition (2023), performed as a fellow for NPR’s From the Top (2023-2024), and was a semifinalist in The Music Center’s Spotlight (2023).
She was selected as a member of the National Youth Orchestra (NYO-USA) in 2024, and has attended multiple music programs as a scholarship student such as the Interlochen Summer Arts Camp in 2021, and Brevard Music Center in 2022. She has participated in all-state and all-southern groups since middle school, most recently playing in the California All-State Symphony Orchestra in 2023 and 2024.
Ariana has played in masterclasses for Daniel Matsukawa, principal of the Philadelphia Orchestra, Whitney Crocket, principal of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, William Short, principal of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, and Eric Stromberg, Professor at Kansas University. She currently studies with Minho Lee.
She was selected as a member of the National Youth Orchestra (NYO-USA) in 2024, and has attended multiple music programs as a scholarship student such as the Interlochen Summer Arts Camp in 2021, and Brevard Music Center in 2022. She has participated in all-state and all-southern groups since middle school, most recently playing in the California All-State Symphony Orchestra in 2023 and 2024.
Ariana has played in masterclasses for Daniel Matsukawa, principal of the Philadelphia Orchestra, Whitney Crocket, principal of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, William Short, principal of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, and Eric Stromberg, Professor at Kansas University. She currently studies with Minho Lee.