Kim has what seems to be a foolproof technique and his careful choice of music showed a musician interested in subtleties, not just the usual frontal assaults of bravura repertory.
This is a fine young musician, one with the physical means to express his considerable musical intelligence."
His new recording of Two Piano Concertos by Mozart, which he conducted the Polish National Symphony Orchestra from the keyboard, was released in October 2004.
In 2006, he was decorated as "Artist of the Year" by South Korea's Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.
In 2013, Kim and the Suwon Philharmonic Orchestra made their debut concert at Carnegie Hall.