Seventeen-year-old pianist Ella Kim is from Northern Virginia, and currently studies with Professor HieYon Choi and Yang Gao of Peabody Conservatory. Ella has won top prizes in competitions including the David Dubois International Piano Competition, the AAMS International Music Competition, and the Carmel Klavier International Piano Competition. Ella appeared on NPR's From the Top shows 373 and 384 and their Facebook live concert series. In 2023, she was invited to perform for WETA Classical’s Annual Leadership Circle event at the Embassy of Sweden and, more recently, at the Embassy of the Republic of Korea commemorating the 70th Anniversary of the U.S.-Korea Alliance. In 2021, Ella founded ITZArt4you, a non-profit organization where teen musicians provide free weekly music lessons to underserved children in her community.