Kim has performed on transverse flute,
recorder, and as a conductor throughout the U.S., Canada, in Israel, and on NPR. Founder and music director of
Baroque Northwest, he performs regularly with leading early music ensembles in the
U.S. He has performed at the Boston, Berkeley, Long Beach Bach, and Bloomington early music festivals, Seattle's Bumbershoot Festival, and
has recorded on the
Focus, Centaur, and Origin Classical labels.Kim received the Master of Music degree from
Washington University, St. Louis, and the Bachelor of Music degree from California State University Northridge. He has taught at Indiana
University, USC, North Seattle Community College, at workshops sponsored by the San Francisco and San Diego early music societies and
the Seattle Recorder Society, and directs Baroque Northwest's
Baroque Flute Boot Camp in Seattle. Kim is currently
pursuing a PhD in Musicology from the University of Oregon. Other interests include the culinary, martial, and healing arts, cycling, zymurgy,
and the pursuit of the ultimate cadence. In his spare time he reads non-fiction.
Reviews
- "Superbly accomplished" Los Angeles Times
- "A superb exponent of the recorder and flute" Seattle Post-Intelligencer
- "A recorder virtuoso whose faultless pitch and sensitive playing knocked me out" The Stranger
- "Kim Pineda turned in an exceptional performance" The Oregonian
- "Couldn't have been much better without going into orbit" Los Angeles Weekly
- "I am taken by the phenomenal talent of Pineda" Bloomington Voice
- "Pineda is an effortless performer on his instruments" Seattle Post-Intelligencer
- "An expert player" Indianapolis Star
- "A phenomenal performer" Santa Barbara News Press
