Okkyum Kim violin, Irvine, California, 2023 | Metzler Violins
nimble, refined, full
About the Instrument
This violin has a warm clarity and even fullness across registers, singing in the treble and supple in the bass. The golden varnish highlights a unique, lovely flame figure across the single-piece back of maple that also run along the ribs and scroll. This instrument is lovingly antiqued by its maker.
Interior label reads: “Okkyum Kim / fece in California l’anno 2023”
Length: 355 mm
Upper Bouts: 169 mm
Middle: 117 mm
Lower Bouts: 207 mm
About the Maker
Okkyum Kim (1974- ) is a contemporary luthier who was born in South Korea and is based in Irvine, California. Kim first began to apprentice under Mario Scida in Melbourne, Australia in 2000 and then returned to South Korea to work under Il Hun Jung in the city of Kwangju. Kim then attended the Stradivari International Violin Making School in Cremona, Italy, where he studied under Alessandro Voltini. Upon graduation, Kim joined the distinguished workshop of Carlson & Neumann in Cremona and focused on restoration. He soon began to receive accolades from the Violin Society of America, the International Violin Making Competition and the Triennale International Competition. In 2011, Kim founded his own workshop in Irvine, where he has continued to craft his stringed instruments.
https://www.okkyumviolin.com/
Description
nimble, refined, full
About the Instrument
This violin has a warm clarity and even fullness across registers, singing in the treble and supple in the bass. The golden varnish highlights a unique, lovely flame figure across the single-piece back of maple that also run along the ribs and scroll. This instrument is lovingly antiqued by its maker.
Interior label reads: “Okkyum Kim / fece in California l’anno 2023”
Length: 355 mm
Upper Bouts: 169 mm
Middle: 117 mm
Lower Bouts: 207 mm
About the Maker
Okkyum Kim (1974- ) is a contemporary luthier who was born in South Korea and is based in Irvine, California. Kim first began to apprentice under Mario Scida in Melbourne, Australia in 2000 and then returned to South Korea to work under Il Hun Jung in the city of Kwangju. Kim then attended the Stradivari International Violin Making School in Cremona, Italy, where he studied under Alessandro Voltini. Upon graduation, Kim joined the distinguished workshop of Carlson & Neumann in Cremona and focused on restoration. He soon began to receive accolades from the Violin Society of America, the International Violin Making Competition and the Triennale International Competition. In 2011, Kim founded his own workshop in Irvine, where he has continued to craft his stringed instruments.
https://www.okkyumviolin.com/
