Claude Sim, violin
Claude Sim
Claude Sim enjoys a varied music career as an orchestral principal, chamber musician, and multi-genre performing artist. At age 21, he was appointed Associate Concertmaster of the Colorado Symphony by then music director Marin Alsop. He was formerly Associate Principal Second Violin of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, and has served in numerous guest artist capacities including guest Concertmaster of the Kansas City Symphony, Principal Second Violin of the National Arts Centre Orchestra of Ottawa, and section first violin with the Philadelphia Orchestra.
As a chamber musician, Mr. Sim has collaborated with pianists including Jeffrey Kahane and Christopher O’Riley, members of the Vermeer and Tokyo Quartets, and has served as guest first violinist and violist with the critically acclaimed Miró and Pacifica Quartets.
He graduated from Oberlin Conservatory of Music, where his violin teachers included Greg Fulkerson and Almita Vamos, as well as viola studies with Roland Vamos. He has previously served on the string faculty of Colorado State University and University of Colorado Denver. He joined the University of Colorado Boulder College of Music as Assistant Professor in 2019.
Claude Sim enjoys a varied music career as an orchestral principal, chamber musician, and multi-genre performing artist. At age 21, he was appointed Associate Concertmaster of the Colorado Symphony by then music director Marin Alsop. He was formerly Associate Principal Second Violin of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, and has served in numerous guest artist capacities including guest Concertmaster of the Kansas City Symphony, Principal Second Violin of the National Arts Centre Orchestra of Ottawa, and section first violin with the Philadelphia Orchestra.
As a chamber musician, Mr. Sim has collaborated with pianists including Jeffrey Kahane and Christopher O’Riley, members of the Vermeer and Tokyo Quartets, and has served as guest first violinist and violist with the critically acclaimed Miró and Pacifica Quartets.
He graduated from Oberlin Conservatory of Music, where his violin teachers included Greg Fulkerson and Almita Vamos, as well as viola studies with Roland Vamos. He has previously served on the string faculty of Colorado State University and University of Colorado Denver. He joined the University of Colorado Boulder College of Music as Assistant Professor in 2019.
