In 1985 DAEJIN KIM won the Robert Casadesus International Competition and he made his debut in New York the following year. Since then, he has performed in recital and with orchestras in the majorcities in the world. Recently, he was named Professor of the Year by the Music Association of Korea and decorated as Artist of the Year by the Korean Ministry of Culture. He has been a member of the jury of competitions such as the Queen Elisabeth, Busoni, Rubinstein and Leeds, and his students have won the top prizes in the Clara Haskil, the Leeds, the Geneva and the Busoni Competition. After working closely with the Suwon Philharmonic Orchestra as both soloist and conductor, he became its Music Director in 2008 and the orchestra made a European tour in Munich, Vienna, Prague and the Merano, Herrenchiemsee and Bruckner Music Festivals. His recordings on the Sony label include two Mozart piano concertos with the Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, which he conducted from the keyboard (Sony), and live recordings of the complete cycle of Sibelius and Tchaikovsky Symphonies. Currently, he is the President of the Korea National University of Arts.