Doyeon Kim with Special Guests Kris Davis & Tom Rainey
Presented by Joe’s Pub at The Public Theater
Tuesday, July 8, 2025 at 7:00 PM (Doors Open at 6:00 PM)
Venue: Joe’s Pub at The Public Theater
(425 Lafayette Street, New York, NY 10003)
Tickets: $24 (inclusive of advance phone/web service fee; door price)
*There is a 2 drink or 1 food item minimum, per person, during every show at Joe’s Pub.
DoYeon Kim is an internationally acclaimed artist recognized for introducing the gayageum—an ancient Korean zither—into contemporary music through a singular synthesis of Korean traditions, jazz, and improvisation. A 2025–2026 Next Jazz Legacy fellow (a program of Berklee College of Music and New Music USA), Kim performs a rare solo set joined by pianist Kris Davis and drummer Tom Rainey, with whom she shares deep improvisational chemistry. A former Van Lier Fellow and Korean Grammy nominee, Kim has performed globally with artists like Tyshawn Sorey, Peter Evans, and Cooper-Moore, and continues to redefine the boundaries of Korean music and improvisation.
For more information, visit https://publictheater.org/performances-jp/2025/d/doyeon-kim-w-special-guests-kris-davis-tom-rainey/
▲ DoYeon Kim
DoYeon Kim is an internationally acclaimed artist known for her uniquely broad and deep musical approach. Traditionally trained on the gayageum (an ancient Korean zither), her work synthesizes Korean, jazz and improvisation idioms, and she is regarded worldwide for introducing the gayageum into contemporary music. Recognized as one of 7 Musicians Pushing Ancient Asian Instruments Into The Future (Grammy.com, 2021), she has received the Van Lier Fellowship (2023) and been nominated for a Korean Grammy Award (crossover category, 2018). Most recently, she was selected as a Next Jazz Legacy awardee (2025), further solidifying her presence in the contemporary jazz scene.
During her traditional Korean training, DoYeon won numerous international competitions (e.g. Dong-A Ilbo Traditional Music Competition; On-Nala Korean Music Competition), and later received graduate degrees from the New England Conservatory (contemporary improvisation department) and the Berklee Global Jazz Institute; in both programs, she was the first student ever admitted playing a Korean traditional instrument. DoYeon has since served on faculty at the New England Conservatory and The New School, and guest lectured at many universities worldwide, including Harvard, Franz Liszt Academy and Universidad Nacional De Colombia.
DoYeon regularly leads her own music projects comprising various formats (trio, quartet, quintet, large ensemble) and collaborates with numerous composers and performers. She is an invited composer for the Delirium Musicum string orchestra, and music director and conductor for the Gyeonggi Sinawi Orchestra, a traditional music orchestra in Korea. She has performed and recorded alongside many notable musicians, including Tyshawn Sorey, Peter Evans, Matt Mitchell, Anna Webber, Joe Morris, Tony Malaby, Mat Maneri, Cooper-Moore, William Parker, Jim Snidero, Dave Douglas, Orrin Evans, Linda Oh and Rudy Royston.