Kim Angelis - BIO

 

 

          Welcome to a musical odyssey, guided by Kim Angelis.  She is an internationally acclaimed award-winning composer and violin virtuoso who has successfully transcended artistic boundaries – the music is built on a solid classical foundation, but the inspiration flows freely from the Romany Diaspora of Eastern Europe, Russia, and Spain.  Angelis’ brilliant compositions showcase the beauty, power, and excitement of her playing. Jean Bartlett, managing editor of Ink Notes, writes, “Angelis… literally sings each string like a gypsy poet. Through breathtaking cadenzas and tender passages … it is her own composed music which constantly brings the audience to their feet because it is of earth and yet not.” 

     The passionate music of Kim Angelis has been featured on network TV, PBS, NPR, and during the 2000 Olympics, when world champion gymnast Kui Yuanyuan of China used Kim’s music for her floor exercise. For ten years, Angelis’ first CD, Violin Voyager, resided on the Taiwanese Billboard charts. The film Sweet Nothings features her music, which was nominated for Best Original Score by the California Independent Film Society and Best Score by the International Independent Film Tour. Her 1996 CD, Esperanza, was selected as a “Choice Recording” by Strings magazine and received a nomination by Just Plain Folks for Best Instrumental Album. Kim’s 2005 release, Gypsy’s Odyssey, made Top Ten lists from Santa Cruz, CA, to Herford, Germany. In 2007, her song, “Zingaro!” won Global Rhythm Magazine’s international songwriting competition. In 2009, the violinist’s music was once again heard throughout the international sports scene, as Junior World Champion gymnast Amelia Racea of Romania performed her floor routines to a Kim Angelis recording.  For two consecutive years, 2011 and 2012, Kim Angelis was selected to receive the ASCAP (American Society of Composers and Publishers) “ASCAPLUS Award”, which recognizes her creative contributions to American music. In 2014, Kim Angelis was honored to represent the United States at Beijing World Music Week and at the Beishan World Music Festival  in China. Kim's most recent CD, Passages, was nominated for "Best Contemporary Instrumental Recording of 2020" by ZMR Broadcasters worldwide. 

      Kim Angelis majored in music at the University of California, Irvine, where she studied with the best violinists in the Los Angeles Philharmonic, including concertmaster Sidney Harth and Ivan Galamian protégée Lori Ulanova.  She won every available scholarship, and was featured soloist with the UCI Symphony, performing major works by Vivaldi and Saint-Saens. Eventually the violinist became interested in World Music, hosting a monthly radio show on KMUN (Astoria, OR).“My outlook has been quite broadened,” she enthuses.  “One hundred years ago music was confined to the areas in which it developed. But today, with modern recording and the Internet, we are able to listen to music from every different culture. I like to collect the sonic images evoked, and paint new musical portraits of hope.”

     Kim Angelis resides in rural Naselle, WA, where she shares a 7 acre farm with her two Collies, Ramona and Promise. She is  a grateful breast cancer survivor. While Dog Agility is her favorite hobby, Kim’s Christian faith plays the primary role in her life. To quote Marilyn O’Malley of the Victory Review, “Kim’s classical training, [cross-cultural] influence...and deep spirituality have blended together and burgeoned into some of the most beautiful, moving music I’ve ever heard.”