In short
David Kim appears as violin soloist with the Billings Symphony Orchestra & Chorale, performing Bruch's Violin Concerto No. 1 on a program that also includes Brian Raphael Nabors' Pulse and Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 4. There are several violinists working under this name, and without a confirmed identifier we cannot say with confidence which career this concert date belongs to.
What to listen for
On this program the listener's main event from the soloist is the Bruch Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor, a piece built around a singing, almost vocal opening melody that the soloist introduces after a few dramatic orchestral chords. The concerto moves from that brooding first movement into a slow middle movement often singled out as one of the most lyrical passages in the violin repertoire, then closes with a faster, dance-like finale full of double stops (two notes played at once) that give the violin a fuller, more orchestral sound. Listeners can expect a performance that leans on tone and phrasing over flashy technical display, since the piece rewards a warm, sustained sound more than raw speed. The rest of the evening surrounds this with Nabors' contemporary orchestral work Pulse and Tchaikovsky's turbulent Fourth Symphony.
Written by OrchestraFinder, reviewed September 2026.