Hyesoo Kim studied at the Seoul Arts High School, the Hanover University of Music, Drama and Media and at the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre and is currently a student at the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki where her principal teacher is Harri Mäki. She is a laureate of the Sungjung Music Competition (First Prize), the Korean Music Association Competition (First Prize), the Yamaha Music Foundation and European Scholarship Competition (First Prize), the EWHA & Kyunghyang Competition (First Prize) and the Berlin International Music Competition (Gold Medal). Hyesoo has played with the Estonian National Symphony Orchestra, the Tallinn Chamber Orchestra and the Sibelius Academy Symphony Orchestra and has appeared at the Pärnu Music Festival. She has been selected as a scholarship student of the Hyundai Motor Company Foundation.