Aiden Kim is a 16-year-old cellist from San Jose, California, who currently studies under Jonathan Koh, a faculty member at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. Aiden is a 2025 National YoungArts Winner. Additionally, he won the California Youth Symphony Young Artist Competition and the DVC/HNU Young Artist Competition. He will perform as a soloist with the California Youth Symphony and the Diablo Valley College Philharmonic Orchestra during the 2025-2026 season. Aiden has also been awarded top prizes in the Cal ASTA San Francisco Solo Competition, KAMSA Music Competition, the Burlingame Music Club Young Musicians Competition, and the US Open Music Competition. As an avid chamber musician, Aiden participates in the Young Chamber Musicians program, and his trio has won first prizes at the US International Music Competition. He has attended the 2024 Music@Menlo Chamber Music Institute Young Performers program and the Heifetz International Music Institute.