About the artists: German concert organist FELIX HELL “sets standards that many established and honoured older players would struggle to equal” (Michael Barone in “The American Organist”). 

Felix has had an active concert career since the age of nine and has already performed more than 700 recitals throughout his native Germany, as well as Australia, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Iceland, Italy, Jamaica, Korea, Latvia, New Zealand, Norway, Malaysia, Singapore, Spain, Russia, and the USA, where he performed more than 450 recitals in 44 states.

 At the age of 21, Felix Hell received global recognition for his performances of the entire organ works of Johann Sebastian Bach in three full cycles, presenting roughly 250 works, totaling close to 20 hours of performance time in each of them. Most recently, in 2013, Felix Hell was engaged by the German Embassy in Seoul to perform the complete organ works of Bach, commemorating the 130th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Germany and South Korea. Felix Hell was born in 1985 in Frankenthal/Pfalz, Germany. He took his first piano lesson at the age of seven, followed by his first organ lesson six months later. At age 11, Mr. Hell continued his studies at the Hochschule für Kirchenmusik in Heidelberg, studying with Johannes Michel and with Christiane Michel-Ostertun. In September 1999, Felix Hell enrolled at The Juilliard School in New York. Two years later, Mr. Hell was admitted to the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, where he studied with John Weaver. In May of 2004, Felix Hell received his Bachelor of Music degree, making him – at the age of 18 – the youngest organ major ever to graduate from this prestigious institute. Felix Hell pursued his graduate studies under the guidance of Professor Donald Sutherland at the Peabody Institute in Baltimore, where he received his Artist Diploma degree in 2007 and his Master of Music degree in 2008. In 2007, Mr. Hell was appointed as Adjunct Professor for Organ at the Sunderman Conservatory in Gettysburg, PA. As of 2011, Felix Hell holds the position of Distinguished Visiting Artist at Kosin University in Busan, South Korea.  Felix’s discography includes eight CDs, encompassing an organ repertoire of five centuries. His music is frequently broadcast on radio stations throughout the United States including Pipedreams of Minnesota Public Radio, as well as by radio stations in Germany, the Netherlands, Australia, New Zealand, and by the BBC. He has been featured on TV by ABC and NBC. Praised by The Washington Post as a pianist whose playing is "rich with emotional contrasts," and “hypnotic from the first note to the last note” by Die Rheinpfalz, GRACE EUNHAE KIM has performed as recitalist and chamber musician throughout the United States, Canada, Europe, and South Korea. She has performed in notable venues such as Alice Tully Hall and Juilliard Theater at the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Kennedy Center, and Steinway Hall. Solo appearances with orchestras include the Minnesota Orchestra, Northwest Iowa Symphony Orchestra, Sioux City Symphony Orchestra, Cherokee Symphony Orchestra, and Siouxland Youth Symphony. Chamber orchestral appearances include the New Juilliard Ensemble and New Millennium Festival Orchestra in Gijón, Spain. Ms. Kim has won prizes in numerous competitions including the Minnesota International Piano E-Competition, Washington International Competition, Iowa Piano Competition, Wonderlic Piano Competition, William Kappell International Piano Competition, and Corpus Christi International Competition. Born in South Korea, Ms. Kim began piano studies with her mother. She studied at the Preparatory Division of The Juilliard School on full scholarship, and has worked with renowned performers and pedagogues such as Leon Fleisher, Klaus Hellwig, Veda Kaplinsky, Robert McDonald, and Arie Vardi. She has collaborated as chamber musician with distinguished performers such as David Salness, Evelyn Elsing, and the Rosalyra Quartet. She has taught masterclasses at Morningside College, Dordt College, and has performed at Aspen Music Festival, Fellbach Sommer Musik Festival, Banff International Keyboard Festival, Pianofest, and Bowdoin International Music Festival. Ms. Kim holds both her Bachelor's and Master's degrees from The Juilliard School, and Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the Peabody Conservatory of the Johns Hopkins University. Her principal teachers have been Herbert Stessin, Julian Martin, and Boris Slutsky. Ms. Kim has served on the piano faculties of Garrison Forest School and Levine School of Music. She is frequently invited to adjudicate competitions and is a member of the College Music Society, Pi Kappa Lambda, and MTNA (Music Teachers National Association). Ms. Kim currently serves on the faculties of Loyola University Maryland and Washington College. "Grace’s playing was provocative...lustrous, and rich with emotional contrasts."   -The Washington Post  "Felix Hell dazzled with his fluid motion....”   - New York Times “Over many years I have heard a number of great and acclaimed international organists, but I still cannot believe what I heard at this recital.” - Canberra Times