New York Youth Symphony
The Marica and Jan Vilcek Music Director | Orchestra
Director | Robert L. Poster Apprentice Conducting

Berkshire Symphony and Williams College
Director | Berkshire Symphony
Artist in Residence in Orchestral and Instrumental Activities
Lecturer in Music

The Conducting Institute
Faculty

Concert Artist Guild
North American Management

The Solti Foundation U.S.
Career Assistance Award 2024 and 2025

Two-time recipient of the Solti Foundation U.S. Career Assistance Award (2024, 2025) and a recipient of Concert Artists Guild’s Richard S. Weinert 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 including Alistair Coleman and Alex Berko at Carnegie Hall. In addition, he continues his passion for training young conductors through leading the Robert L. Poster Apprentice Conducting Program.

In Fall 2025, Andrew began his tenure as 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 of 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.

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, and he regularly serves as a Cover Conductor with the Minnesota Orchestra. He has participated in the Conductor’s Workshop at Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music with Cristian Macelaru, in Internationale Sommerakademie Radolfzell with Johannes Schlaefli, and appeared in performances at PRISMA Festival in Powell River, Canada and Wintergreen Festival in Virginia.

Andrew studied with Mark Russell Smith at University of Minnesota, with Octavio Más-Arocas at Ithaca College, and with Andrew Hauze at Swarthmore College. Beyond school, he is mentored by Miguel Harth-Bedoya. His other teachers include Zen poet Matthew Caretti, choral conductor Joseph Gregorio, collaborative pianist Gary Gress, and choral conductor Richard Rotz. He is deeply grateful for the excellent mentorship he has received thus far in his life.

Outside of music, Andrew enjoys reading books of all kinds, looking for new coffee shops and beans, visiting works by the architect Tadao Ando, and cooking with his wife, violinist Emily Scicchitano.

Andrew is represented by Concert Artists Guild.

Photo by Evelyn Freja.