So Hyun Kim is senior manager of the Tongyeong International Music Festival (TIMF) and managing director of Ensemble TIMF, the residence ensemble for TIMF. She has carried out many international collaborative projects and has been devoted to promote Asian contemporary music. She lectures on arts management and planning festivals at Ewha Womans University. She was in charge of music programs at the Korean Organizing Committee for Guest of Honor at the Frankfurt Book Fair 2005. With a background in classical music, she received an M.A. in arts administration from Boston University.