Recipient of the 2024 Solti Foundation U.S. Career Assistance Award, Andrew Jinhong Kim is a conductor dedicated to passionate and joyful collaboration. Having had his life transformed by music, he strives to create and share extraordinary musical moments with others and to cultivate a vibrant musical community wherever he goes.

He started his tenure as the Music Director of New York Youth Symphony Orchestra in Fall 2023, making a successful Carnegie Hall debut performing alongside Augustin Hadelich. At NYYS, he works with talented young musicians to perform cornerstone repertoire and premiere works by young American composers at Carnegie Hall. In addition, he continues his passion for training young conductors through leading the Robert L. Poster Apprentice Conducting Program.

Starting in Fall 2025, Andrew will be the new Director of Berkshire Symphony and Artist in Residence in Orchestral and Instrumental Activities at Williams College. A truly unique model, Berkshire Symphony is a semi-professional orchestra consisting of Williams College faculty and professionals playing alongside students selected via audition. As a strong believer in mentorship in music, he is thrilled to be leading the next phase of this incredible orchestra that embodies mentorship and artistic excellence.

Andrew also serves on the faculty of the Conducting Institute, a comprehensive training program led by Miguel Harth-Bedoya. In this role, he coaches conducting students, teaches classes on aural skills, keyboard skills, and other topics, and works on curricular planning and execution.

Additional highlights of Andrew’s 24-25 season include collaborating with soloists Valerie Coleman, Clayton Stephenson, Alexa Jarvis, Ana Isabella España, and Helen Liu Gerhold, assisting on a production of Aida at Dayton Opera through the Elizabeth Buccheri Opera Residency Program, residencies at Rice and Baylor Universities, guest conducting Berkshire Symphony, Brooklyn Symphony, and Delaware County Youth Orchestra with his mentor Andrew Hauze as the soloist.

Andrew has conducted orchestras in the US and beyond, including Südwestdeutsche Philharmonie Konstanz, Cabrillo Festival Orchestra, Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra, Fort Wayne Philharmonic, Duluth Superior Symphony Orchestra, among others. He regularly serves as a Cover Conductor with the Minnesota Orchestra and has also served as the Assistant Conductor of the Duluth Superior Symphony Orchestra. He has participated in the Conductor’s Workshop at the Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music with Cristian Macelaru, in the Internationale Sommerakademie Radolfzell with Johannes Schlaefli, and appeared in performances at the PRISMA Festival in Powell River, Canada, and the Wintergreen Festival in Virginia.

Andrew studied with Mark Russell Smith at the University of Minnesota, with Octavio Más-Arocas