Born in 1999, Bernard Kim started studying piano at age 5 with Michèle Mary. Upon meeting Bernard d’Ascoli and Eleanor Harris he began studies at the Piano Cantabile academy in Aubagne in 2008, as well as at the Toulon Conservatory with Célimène Daudet, graduating with highest honors in 2011. The following year, he won the first prize at the Montrond-les-Bains International Competition in the under 17 category as well as first prize at the Nuits Pianistiques competition in Aix-en-Provence. 

In 2013 he was admitted to the Lyon National Superior Conservatory, where he studied with Florent Boffard and Laurent Cabasso. He earned his masters degree in 2018 and then went on to begin a Concertiste program at the Paris Regional Conservatory. Later that year he won the third prize at the Cziffra International Competition in Senlis. 

Kim has performed at the MuCEM in Marseille, at the Petit Palais in Paris for the Jeune Talents program, and at several festivals in the South of France. In April 2021 he was selected to join Gautier Capuçon’s concert tour, “Un été en France,” and soon after became the first laureate of the Fondation Gautier Capuçon, which helps launch the careers of promising young artists. With support from the Fondation, Kim recorded his first album, “Chopin, Debussy, Ravel” in January of 2022, which will be released on Warner Classics & Erato in summer 2022.