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I'll be back at my old stomping grounds in D.C. for a solo concert at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Asian Art on Thursday, November 12, at 7:30 p.m. (link).

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A few weeks ago, I went on a piano retreat for a week at Avaloch Farm Music Institute. My main goal was to spend focused time on a new piece I’m premiering this fall at the Smithsonian National Museum of Asian Art: The Dreamers, written for me by Corey Chang.

About a year ago, I discovered a collection of poems and essays my father had written and published more than 30 years ago. One poem in particular, “The Dreamers,” which was written a few years after he had immigrated from Korea to the U.S., made me think of my dad as his younger, idealistic self, before being completely crushed by his struggles as an immigrant.

I’m so grateful for the care Corey has put into writing this incredible work for me, a meditation on the duality of hope and despair. I’m so excited to perform it at the Smithsonian and feature my dad’s poem that he wrote all those years ago.

Mother’s Hand, Healing Hand (엄마손은 약손) by Pauchi Sasaki for piano, electronics, and live looping.

@pauchisasaki wrote this piece for me using samples of both my voice and my mother singing the titular melody she used to sing to me as a child.

The work was inspired by the immense love and care Pauchi felt for her young son, alongside the awareness that he wouldn’t remember those earliest years. There’s a longing in the piece to somehow engrave that love into him, so that even if the memories disappeared, the feeling of being loved would always remain a part of his cellular memory.

Filmed live at National Sawdust
Visuals by Xuan
Cover photo by Sachyn Mital

First minutes of The Dream Feed by Zosha Di Castri. As someone who has always been interested in improvisation but also intimidated by it, preparing this piece became a meaningful creative challenge. What helped me connect to it was the work’s inspiration in motherhood. Conceptually, I thought about the realization that my mind never fully shuts off from thinking about my children, even while asleep or dreaming. I first became aware of this shortly after my first child was born, and over time I’ve come to reconcile with the idea that this is now a permanent state of being. The full 11-minute performance is on YouTube.

Filmed live at @nationalsawdust
Thank you to @mozoot

Last night was very special. Thank you 💛🙏

Projected visuals by @xuan.films

All photos by @sachynmital
HMU by @ombrebyej

This is who’s playing at @nationalsawdust this Tuesday. See you there 💜

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Back in New York City after a beautiful residency— sneaking in a little sound tour at @nationalsawdust with my baby boy. I’m so excited to use their immersive 360° Meyer Sound system for my show on Tuesday, March 31.

🎟️ https://www.nationalsawdust.org/event/eunbi-kim-it-feels-like-a-dream

Celebrating with a Sweet Dreams, custom cocktail for the program, after the culminating performance of my week-long residency with @iriscollectivememphis 💜. A beautiful night!

Live radio interview at @wknofm Checking on the Arts w/ @iriscollectivememphis Executive Director Rebecca Arendt and host Darel Snodgrass about the Lullaby Project, “it feels like a dream,” and our concert at @crosstownarts this Saturday. https://www.wknofm.org/show/checking-on-the-arts/2026-02-18/feels-like-a-dream-eunbi-kim-iris-musicians

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