Violinist Ji Myung Kim has been internationally recognized as an artist of true versatility. A native of South Korea, Kim came to the US when he was fourteen years old to study violin under C.J. Chang and Robert de Pasquale in Philadelphia. Ever since then Kim's virtuosity has dazzled his audiences around the world including the Queen of Denmark, the prime minister of Japan, and two former Presidents of South Korea. Career highlights include the critically acclaimed NYC debut in Lincoln Center performing and premiering his own cadenzas to Mozart's fifth violin concerto with the New York Classical Symphony Orchestra, as well as performing with Classical Note Philharmonic for the General Counsels of United Nations (UN) headquarter in New York.

Currently, Ji Myung Kim is the Instructor of Violin and Viola at Eastern Illinois University’s Department of Music and is an artist of Leo Management in New York. Prior to his appointment, Kim has served as a faculty at Western Kentucky University and New York School of Music and Art. As a guest artist and clinician, Kim has been invited to SUNY Fredonia, Boston University, Southeast Missouri State, Western Michigan, Murray State, Grand Valley State, and Western Illinois University to hold master classes/recitals as well as music appreciation lecture. Since 2015, Kim has also been serving as an adjudicator for the New York International Artists Competition and the East Coast International Competition and became the recipient of 2017 Grace Meng U.S. Congress Award for his excellence in the field of Music and Art in the New York region. Kim's pedagogical expertise has been proven through his students' successes including first prizes in New York International Music Concour, National Artists Competition, as well as Northern New Jersey Orchestra, Manhattan Pre-college, and New York Youth Orchestra auditions. 

As an avid chamber musician, Kim has collaborated with artists such as violinist Pamela Frank, violist Atar Arad, cellist Peter Wiley, jazz bassist Chuck Israel, as well as with the members of Tokyo, Orion, and Verona quartets. After being appointed by the government of South Korea to serve as the ensemble leader of Presidential House “Chungwadae” Art Concert Series for 2 years (2007-2009), Kim was invited to Japan to participate in “Complete Haydn String Quartets” Project with D’Amici String Quartet. Kim has also appeared as the concertmaster for the New York Symphony Orchestra and K-Radio Philharmonic and was an active member of the acclaimed New York Classical Players (NYCP) before coming to EIU. 

Kim is the founder and the leader of Ensemble D'Amici, debuted on to the international music scene back in 2019 with engagements in San Francisco, CA, Knoxville, TN, Bowling Green, KY, as well as in Seoul and Daejeon in South Korea. In the summer of 2022, Ensemble D'Amici was invited to perform in Sejong, Ulsan, and the prestigious GMC (Gumnanse Music Center) in Busan, Korea. The ensemble is preparing its third season of US-Korea tour with invitation to perform at the 23rd Daejeon International Music Festival in the summer of 2023.

Kim lives in Champaign, IL and plays on a late Pierre Dalphin violin made for him in 2007.