Press

The Boston Musical Intelligencer

Concert to Commemorate Korean Independence

…serving both as a spiritual home and a center for the community’s pursuit of freedom.

Hollywoodland News

LA Phil’s Seoul Festival Brought the Fire, viola style

Masterfully crafted for the viola… sing on a sonorous lower registers... red‑hot glissandi… lightning‑fast notes and high harmonics... This concerto was a high point in the program.

The New York Times

Hear the Sound of a New Generation of South Korean Musicians

[Ko-Oh] is special because it presents the instrument in a unique light.

New York Concert Review

Dari – Premieres that Bridge in Review

... the piece evoked a professor-student “in class” exploration of techniques, sonorities, and modes of expression.

Boston Classical Review

Boston Cecilia wraps season with varied, colorful works by Asian composers

the brilliant Chopsalteok... fused humor and nostalgia...the performance embraced the whimsy, and the soloists passing out rice cakes on his walk down the aisles reinforced the music's grounding in both a universal love of food and a more cultural memory

Melos

A Memorable Concert

It contained both classical and modern elements that merged together to form a unique unity.

Monthly Review

코리안챔버오케스트라 베토벤 전곡 연주 시리즈 II

김택수는 ... 의도적인 이완과 다가옴으로 청중과 연주자들의 마음에 들고자 하는 소통을 꾀한다

한국문화예술위원회

세종솔로이스츠의 30년이 남긴 어떤 결정체들 – 2024 힉엣눙크! 뮤직 페스티벌 '세종솔로이스츠&Four Concertmasters'

다양한 텍스쳐를 선보인 이 <with/out>은 서로에게 관여하면서도 또 다시 개인의 차원으로 되돌아가고, 또 한편으로는 합심하여 즐거운 합주를 만들어내고야 마는 그 공동체적 감각을 음악으로 고스란히 그려냈다.

Monthly Review

세종솔로이스츠와 Four Concertmasters

고전적 음악언어와 현대적 제스처의 아슬아슬한 줄타기는 더욱 매력적이었다... 그것은 오늘날 사회가 균형을 이루는 모습이기도 하다.

San Diego Story

San Diego Symphony Celebrates Jacobs Music Center Reopening

... ebullient wash of fluttering themes ...

San Diego Union-Tribune

Music review: A new era for San Diego Symphony begins with its return to renovated hall

...a spirited piece with driving rhythms...

KPBS

Composer Texu Kim's chemistry of home

…I often see composing as combining different genres.

San Francisco Chronicle

Opera in the Park makes a joyful return after two-year pandemic hiatus

...proved as charmingly protean...

Hollywoodland News

LA Phil’s Seoul Festival: Korean identity & melodious pride

The frenetic... second movement... showcasing the limits of the technical possibilities on the viola, set the stage well for hushing into the third movement's lullaby motif.

The Minnesota Star-Tribune

Pianist Richard Goode performs with impeccable touch and intimacy in SPCO concert

The work (Līlā) asks for a lot of what’s called “extended technique,” which basically means making your instrument sound considerably different than customary. But it never loses its musicality, making for a brief and captivating trip.

Oberon's Grove

Sejong Soloists @ Zankel Hall

...positively brilliant... a perfect end to a perfect evening.

San Diego Union-Tribune

Spring arts preview 2024: San Diego composer Texu Kim’s profile is on the rise

His inventive music, which merges disparate elements in seamless ways, will also catch your ear.

The Minnesota Orchestra

Composer Chat: Three Questions with Texu Kim

...his witty and colorful work was among the concert’s most warmly received pieces.

San Francisco Bay Times

Donna’s Chronicles, “What a few weeks it has been…”

... a five-minute tour de force...

San Francisco Symphony

A Winning Formula: Composer Texu Kim By Steve Holt

I’ve used Korean lullabies in some of my pieces.

The Utah Review

Lots of new energy: The top 10 moments of The Utah Enlightenment in 2021

The concert also featured a world premiere: Texu Kim’s Flow and Composition for solo piano.

Wall Street Journal

A Rust Belt Festival Revels in New Music

...hid his Bach theme amid intensely chromatic Lisztian thunder...