Projects

Breath

Daegeum & Janggu · Korean tradition

Sanjo, pungryu and a new composition — Korea's most intimate chamber tradition in two breaths.

Concertgebouw Brugge · Sep 2026Enquire →

Out of Time

Daegeum & Drums · with Simon Barker

Korean rhythm and jazz improvisation in dialogue, built on the eight traditional sound-materials.

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Daegeum & Classical Music

Concerto · String quartet · Piano

The daegeum as a concerto soloist and in Western chamber settings — orchestra, string quartet, piano.

Premiered with Orchestre de chambre de ParisWatch →

Discography

Songs of the Forest Calm
Album · Jazz / World

Songs of the Forest Calm (2024)

Hyelim Kim (daegeum/sogeum/danso) · Kasper Staub · Torben Westergaard

Listen → Sensitive to Light
Album · Free improv

Sensitive to Light (2023)

Mark Sanders · Hyelim Kim (daegeum) · John Edwards

Listen → Out of Time
Album · Jazz / Improv

Out of Time (2023)

Hyelim Kim (daegeum) · Simon Barker (drums/percussion)

Listen → Pungryu
Album · Korean tradition

Pungryu (2021)

Hyelim Kim (daegeum)

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Transition
Album · Korean tradition

Transition / 연음 (2017)

Hyelim Kim (daegeum) · piri · janggu · haegeum

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ECLECTIC
Album · Improv

ECLECTIC (2016)

Hyelim Kim (daegeum) · Steve Beresford · Ute Kanngiesser

Listen → Nim
Album · Tradition / Contemporary

Nim (2013)

Debut. Daegeum with piano & string quartet

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