Carissa Kim is a student at the University of California, Los Angeles, under the tutelage of Professor Vitaly Margulis. Ms. Kim actively concertizes, having played in many solo recitals and concerts with orchestras in the US, Germany, Portugal, Italy, France, and Russia. She has won numerous competitions. She has traveled extensively, attending masterclasses with such renowned pianist as Yefim Bronfman, Arie Vardi, Paul Badura-Skoda, John Perry.