Chung-Ha Kim, an official Steinway Artist since 2014, performs as a solo and a collaborative pianist with recent recitals at the Robert-Schumann Hochschule in Düsseldorf, Blackburn College (IL), University of Louisiana (Lafayette), Steinway Piano Gallery (Springfield, IL), University of Chicago, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Harper College (Palatine, IL), Western Illinois University (Macomb, IL) and Radford University (PA). Chung-Ha Kim has released three CDs: Maurice Ravel: Miroirs, A Palace of Strangers Is No City and Camille Saint-Säens: Carnival of Animals, available on iTunes and Amazon.

Chung-Ha Kim began her piano studies in Germany with Prof. Barbara Szczepanska at the Westfälische Schule für Musik in Münster and in the pre-college division of the Robert-Schumann Hochschule in Düsseldorf. After completing the Abitur at the Kardinal-von-Galen Gymnasium in Münster-Hiltrup, Chung-Ha Kim moved to the United States and completed a Bachelor of Music at the Manhattan School of Music, a Master of Music and a Doctor of Musical Arts in Piano Performance at the University of Cincinnati where she studied with Dr. William Black and Frank Weinstock.

Dr. Kim has been a member of Music Teachers National Association (MTNA) and National Federation of Music Clubs for many years. She served as 1st Vice President of the Illinois State Music Teachers Association from 2008-2011 and was named President of the Decatur Area Music Teachers Association (DAMTA) in 2009. Her students, from pre-college to graduate school, have won numerous competitions, scholarships and awards. Dr. Kim teaches applied piano, class piano, preparatory piano, and piano pedagogy at Millikin University. She currently resides in Decatur, Illinois with her husband and son.