Violinist Michelle Kim, born in Seoul, South Korea, moved to the United States with her family at the age of 11 and began her violin studies. As a senior at Crossroads School for Arts and Sciences, Ms. Kim received the honor of becoming a Presidential Scholar, one of our Nation’s highest honors for high school students and went on to continue her studies with Robert Lipsett at the University of Southern California’s Thornton School of Music as a Starling Foundation scholarship recipient. She considers Heiichiro Ohyama and Henry Gronnier her mentors.