Michael Jinsoo Lim

Vivaldi: The Four Seasons
Michael Jinsoo Lim, violin
Pacific Northwest Ballet Orchestra conducted by Emil de Cou

Violinist Michael Jinsoo Lim and Herbert Woodward Martin (recorded voice) perform the world premiere of Melia Watras's Hertabuise for narrator and violin (2021); poetry by Herbert Woodward Martin. Recorded live at Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater, University of Washington, Seattle, WA on April 11, 2022. Photo projections by Michelle Smith-Lewis; video of Herbert Woodward Martin by Brigham Fisher.

Kreutzer for violin, viola and cello (2016)
IV. Allegro agitato
Composer: Melia Watras
Performers: Frequency: Michael Jinsoo Lim, violin; Melia Watras, viola; Sæunn Thorsteinsdóttir, cello
Video: Michelle Smith-Lewis
From the album Melia Watras: String Masks on Planet M Records

Melia Watras: Reflection for violin and viola
Dedicated to:
임 홍 철/Henry C. Lim: 1935-2021
이 선 부/Sun Boo Lee Lim: 1935-2021
Michael Jinsoo Lim, violin; Melia Watras, viola
Traditional Korean clothing: 한 복 (hanbok) and funeral armbands made by Carol Lim and Natalie Lim Cheatham

William Wilson for voice and violin (2016)
Composer: Melia Watras
Performer: Michael Jinsoo Lim, voice and violin
Video: Michelle Smith-Lewis
From the album Melia Watras: Firefly Songs on Planet M Records

Michael Jinsoo Lim, violin, and Ted Poor, drums, improvise in concert. January 11, 2015, Meany Theater, University of Washington, Seattle. Bill Mohn, videographer

Violinists Yura Lee and Michael Jinsoo Lim perform #21 FIAMMA (Nicolodi) from Luciano Berio's Duetti, on Frequency's "Dialogues" concert in Meany Theater, University of Washington, Seattle, WA on May 27, 2018.

Wise Tentacles for violin and cello (2017)
Composer: Melia Watras
Performers: Michael Jinsoo Lim, violin; Sæunn Thorsteinsdóttir, cello
Video: Michelle Smith-Lewis
From the album Melia Watras: Firefly Songs on Planet M Records

Music: Liquid Voices (2013) for violin and viola
Composer: Melia Watras
Performers: Michael Jinsoo Lim, violin; Melia Watras, viola
From the album 26 by Melia Watras, courtesy of Sono Luminus
Video: Directed and edited by Ha Na Lee; Cinematography: Martin Jarmick; Woman: Leah O'Brien; Production Assistant: Robert Twomey Visual media ©2017 Ha Na Lee

Violinist Michael Jinsoo Lim performs Giancinto Scelsi's Anahit for solo violin and 18 instruments, with the Seattle Modern Orchestra conducted by Julia Tai. Live recording from May 13, 2011, Meany Theater, University of Washington, Seattle.

Andrew Waggoner: Violin Concerto: I. Moderate. Broad, Anxious; Michael Jinsoo Lim, violin; Seattle Modern Orchestra conducted by Julia Tai.

Violinist Michael Jinsoo Lim performs the world premiere of Melia Watras's Doppelgänger Dances for violin solo (2017). Recorded live at Meany Theater, University of Washington, Seattle, WA on March 28, 2018. Videography by Jerry Morrison.

Violinist Michael Jinsoo Lim and pianist Li-Tan Hsu perform the second movement from Prokofiev's Sonata for violin and piano #2, live in concert at Gerlich Theater at the University of Washington, Seattle on 2/26/19.

Violinist/vocalist Michael Jinsoo Lim performs the world premiere of Melia Watras's William Wilson for voice and violin (2016). Text by Edgar Allan Poe. Recorded live at Meany Theater, University of Washington, Seattle, WA on March 28, 2018. Videography by Jerry Morrison.

Second Inversion's "On Demand Videos" project was supported by New Music USA. Violist Melia Watras embraces the composer-performer role in this video, alongside her husband, violinist Michael Jinsoo Lim, for a performance of Watras' "Berceuse," recorded here in our studios on April 3, 2016.

Violinist Michael Jinsoo Lim and violist Melia Watras improvise on a passage from Tolstoy's "The Kreutzer Sonata". Recorded live, from the debut concert of Frequency, on Oct. 23, 2016, University of Washington, Meany Theater, Seattle, WA. Bill Mohn, videographer.

Violinist Michael Jinsoo Lim performs Frances White's The Old Rose Reader in concert at Cornish College of the Arts, Seattle, WA.

Melia Watras: Luminous Points; Michael Jinsoo Lim, violin. From the album, Melia Watras: 26 ℗ 2017 Sono Luminus, released on: 2017-01-27