Jiji Guitar

Jiyeon Kim (; born 1993), known professionally as Jiji Guitar, is a South Korean guitarist, composer, and DJ. She is known for being a member of the Grammy-nominated musical collective Wild Up and winning First Prize at the Concert Artists Guild’s 2016 competition. Early life Jiji was born in Seoul, South Korea. She began playing classical guitar when she was 9 years old. before eventually moving to the United States at the age of 15 when she was accepted into the Cleveland Institute of Music. She studied at the Cleveland Institute of Music for two years before becoming one of the first two guitarists to study at the Curtis Institute of Music. Career In February 2011, Jiji performed on the NPR radio show From the Top. In March 2014, Jiji made her orchestral concert debut in a Kansas City Orchestra performance conducted by Carlos Miguel Prieto. In 2015, she performed on the Hong Kong program RTHK’s The Works as part of Duo RenJi with viola player Ren Martin-Doike. When the guitar residency returned to the Banff Centre’s recital programs, Jiji was one of the first guitarists to perform a recital at the Centre in July 2015. In February 2016, Jiji’s graduation recital was aired on PBS