Stella Kim has completed Master of Music with first class honours in violin performance with Elizabeth Holowell at the University of Auckland. She will commence her Doctoral studies on full scholarship at the Fred Fox School of Music, University of Arizona in 2016. 

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Stella is an internationally-active solo violinist and chamber musician. In September 2015, her ensemble, the Trinity Trio competed to the final of the Brahms International Competition in Austria. This Trio was invited to France by The Fine Arts Quartet and performed in the Pablo Casals Festival. As the first-prize winner of the New Zealand Pettman/Royal Overseas League Chamber Music Competition the Trinity Trio was sponsored to tour the UK for two months, to perform above fifteen recitals,and to be coached by teachers from Trinity, Guildhall, Royal Academy and Royal College in London. Tour highlights included their three recitals at the Edinburgh International Festival in Scotland, and performances at the Lake District International Summer Music Festival as well as at St James's Church, Piccadilly in London. The Trinity Trio was also invited to Thailand to perform for the Siam Society in Bangkok, Pattaya and Khon Kaen, and in Hua-Hin for the New Zealand Embassy's 80th Anniversary Concert. The Trinity Trio will give a concert tour of New Zealand in August 2016 for Chamber Music New Zealand.

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Stella has been a solo participant in many masterclasses with world-class violinists including Zakhar Bron, Sarah Chang, Cho-Liang Lin, Nicola Benedetti, Feng Ning, Michael Barenboim, and Anthony Marwood.

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She has appeared as a concerto soloist with the St Matthews Chamber Orchestra, the University of Auckland Symphony, the Devonport Chamber Orchestra, the Aotea Symphony Orchestra and the Westlake Symphony Orchestra. In 2012, she was a finalist in her University’s Graduation Gala Concerto Competition. She held the position of Concertmaster of the University of Auckland Symphony Orchestra for three years and of the Westlake Symphony and Chamber Orchestras for 4 years. Stella was awarded ‘First in Course’ for eight courses in her University Bachelors degree.

In 2016, Stella won an apprenticeship with the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra and a position on the casual list of the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra.