David Kim is a cellist and private instructor from New Jersey / New York currently living and teaching in Greater Seattle

He is a former principal cellist of Carnegie Hall's National Youth Orchestra of the United States of America, under the baton of Valery Gergiev. He has also served as assistant principal cellist under the direction of Marin Alsop.

As a member and alumnus of the National Youth Orchestra, he has performed with renowned pianists, including Emanuel Ax and Yundi Li, and toured across Europe, Asia, North America, and South America spanning from The Royal Concertgebouw in Amsterdam to the NCPA in Beijing.

He has also performed and participated in masterclasses and workshops with distinguished soloists and cellists, including Janine Jansen, Tamás Varga of the Vienna Philharmonic, John Sharp of the Chicago Symphony, Joseph Johnson of the Toronto Symphony, and Brinton Smith of the Houston Symphony.

At Princeton, he was a member of the Princeton University Orchestra, Princeton Chamber Orchestra, La Vie en Cello (cello ensemble), and Opus (chamber music group). He currently resides in Seattle, WA where he holds a private cello studio and serves as a cello coach for the Seattle Youth Symphony Orchestra. David plays on a Kishony cello on generous loan from The Virtu Foundation.