Repertoire
W. A. Mozart: Sonata in B-Flat Major, K.454
J. S. Bach: Sonata in C Major for violin solo, BWV 1005
Brahms: Sonata No. 1 in G Major, Op. 78 (1879)

About the Artists

Itamar Zorman is associate professor of music in violin at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music. Since his emergence with the top prize at the 2011 International Tchaikovsky Competition, Zorman has wowed audiences all over the world with his “youthful intensity” and “achingly beautiful” sound (Bachtrack), earning him the title of the “virtuoso of emotions” (Göttinger Tageblatt). Awarded the Borletti-Buitoni Trust Award for 2014, he is the winner of the 2013 Avery Fisher Career Grant. Zorman has performed as a soloist with such orchestras as the Mariinsky Orchestra, Israel Philharmonic, New World Symphony, Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, Atlanta Symphony, KBS Symphony Seoul, Frankfurt Radio Symphony, German Radio Philharmonic, Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse, Kremerata Baltica, RTE National Symphony Orchestra (Dublin), and American Symphony. In 2024, he performed with the RAI National Symphony Orchestra in its traditional televised Christmas concert, following the Pope’s blessing. He has worked with conductors such as Zubin Mehta, Michael Tilson-Thomas, David Robertson, Valery Gergiev, James DePreist, Karina Canellakis, Yuri Bashmet, and Nathalie Stuztmann. He has performed around the world in venues such as Avery Fisher Hall, Carnegie Hall’s Stern Auditorium, Tokyo’s Suntory Hall, Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw, Zurich’s Tonhalle, and Tchaikovsky Concert Hall in Moscow. As a recitalist, Zorman performed at Carnegie Hall’s Distinctive Debut series, Wigmore Hall, People’s Symphony Concerts, the Louvre Museum, Suntory Hall, and HR-Sendesaal Frankfurt. He was invited to the Verbier, Rheingau, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, MITO SettembreMusica, and Radio France festivals. He has also collaborated with such legendary artists as Mitsuko Uchida, Richard Goode, Steven Isserlis, and Jörg Widmann. As a teacher, Zorman has held visiting positions at the Eastman School of Music, IU, and McDuffy Center for Strings. He is a regular faculty member at the Bowdoin International Music Festival, Heifetz Institute, and Keshet Eilon. He has taught master classes at the Royal Academy of Music, San Francisco Conservatory, and Duke University. Zorman plays on a 1734 Guarneri del Gesù, from the collection of Yehuda Zisapel.

Sung-Mi Im is senior lecturer in music in chamber music at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music. A native of South Korea, Im began her piano studies with her mother at age three. After a successful debut with Daegu Symphony Orchestra at age eight, she pursued undergraduate studies at Seoul National University and her master’s degree in performance under the Dean’s Scholarship at Boston University, studying with Kwi-Hyun Kim and Tong-Il Han. She has won numerous competitions, including the Dong-A Newspaper Competition, Ye-Um Chamber Music Competition in Korea, and the Kahn Award in Boston. Im has given solo and chamber music recitals in London, Montreal, Dallas, Seoul, and New York, and appeared with orchestras in Korea, including Daegu Symphony Orchestra, Ulsan Philharmonic Orchestra, and Busan Symphony Orchestra for the 10th Korean Orchestra Festival at Seoul Arts Center. Her performances with the Bloomington Symphony Orchestra in Bloomington, Indiana, and the Jupiter Symphony in New York City, were met with much acclaim as well. Im has appeared in many international festivals, including Kusatsu Music Festival and Moon Beach Festival in Japan, Seattle Chamber Music Festival, Sitka Music Festival in Alaska, Bargemusic in New York, Chamber Music International in Dallas, Tucson Chamber Music Festival, Kuhmo Chamber Music Festival in Finland, and the Great Mountains Music Festival in Korea, among others. Im has been an active member of the Bloomington music community since 1999. In addition to her wide range of solo and chamber performances, she premiered P. Q. Phan’s Duo Concertante for Violin and Piano with Chamber Orchestra with her late husband, violinist Ik-Hwan Bae, joined by the Jacobs School’s New Music Ensemble. She also collaborated with the Jacobs Ballet Department, performing Stravinsky’s Capriccio for Piano and Orchestra. Linking the Bloomington music community to both a larger national network and to local community groups confronting local food insecurity, Im launched the Bloomington Chapter of Music for Food, which presented its inaugural concert in 2022.