Clarinet | Morgantown, WV
Korean-American clarinetist Keeheon Nam has captivated audiences from dive bars to Carnegie Hall. He is Principal Clarinet of the Youngstown Symphony Orchestra and has appeared with the St. Paul Chamber and Houston Ballet Orchestras and the Symphony Orchestras of Indianapolis, Nashville, St. Louis, and Pittsburgh.
Nam is a prize winner of the 2022 International Clarinet Association Young Artist Competition and the 1st Prize winner of the 2017 Tennessee Music Teachers Association’s Competition. He is the founding clarinetist of Kodan Quintet and has received prizes from the Coltman, MTNA, and New Orleans ChamberFest competitions.
Committed to presenting today's music, he has commissioned many works from composers such as Nicky Sohn, Michael Slayton, Jordyn Gallinek, and SiHyun Uhm. Nam is a passionate teacher and is the Visiting Instructor of Clarinet at West Virginia University and has taught at the Interlochen Arts Camp. He is a graduate of the Shepherd School of Music at Rice University, The Juilliard School, and the Blair School of Music at Vanderbilt University.
Originally born in Suwon, South Korea, Nam grew up in Minneapolis, Minnesota and now resides in Morgantown, West Virginia with his wife, violinist Mary Grace Johnson, and their two cats, Charlie and Kinko.