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== Early life ==
Jiji was born in Seoul, South Korea.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Jiji|url=https://fromthetop.org/musician/jiji/|access-date=2021-03-31|website=From the Top}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web|date=2019-04-10|title=Adventurous guest artist Jiji will play guitar in two pieces inspired by the glory of nature|url=https://thesungazette.com/article/news/2019/04/10/adventurous-guest-artist-jiji-will-play-guitar-in-two-pieces-inspired-by-the-glory-of-nature/|access-date=2021-03-31|website=The Sun-Gazette Newspaper|language=en-US}}</ref> She began playing classical guitar when she was 9 years old.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /> She was accepted into the [[Korea National University of Arts]] when she was 14,<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite web|title=WHRB
She studied at the [[Cleveland Institute of Music]] for two years before becoming one of the first two guitarists to study at the Curtis Institute of Music.<ref name=":1" /> She graduated from the [[Curtis Institute of Music]] in 2015.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":0" /> Jiji holds bachelor's degrees in guitar performance from the three aforementioned institutions.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":4">{{Cite web|date=April 17, 2018|title=ASU Hires Guitarist Jiyeon Kim to Faculty|url=https://www.guitarfoundation.org/blogpost/754189/300157/ASU-Hires-Guitarist-Jiyeon-Kim-to-Faculty|archive-url=|access-date=March 30, 2021|website=Guitar Foundation}}</ref>
== Career ==
In February 2011, Jiji performed on the NPR radio show ''[[From the Top]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|title=NPR's From the Top with Host Christopher O'Riley: Opelika, Alabama / 227|url=https://198.199.68.57/show/opelika-al-227/|access-date=2021-03-31|website=From the Top}}</ref> In March 2014, Jiji made her orchestral concert debut in a Kansas City Orchestra performance conducted by Carlos Miguel Prieto.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2014-03-29|title=Carlos Miguel Prieto, Jiyeon Kim join Kansas City Symphony in evocative performance - KansasCity.com|url=https://www.kansascity.com/2014/03/29/4923859/carlos-miguel-prieto-jiyeon-kim.html|access-date=2021-03-31|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140329203530/https://www.kansascity.com/2014/03/29/4923859/carlos-miguel-prieto-jiyeon-kim.html|archive-date=2014-03-29}}</ref> In 2015, she performed on the Hong Kong program RTHK's ''The Works'' as part of Duo RenJi with viola player Ren Martin-Doike.{{Citation needed|reason=Video was removed by uploader|date=July 2021}} When the guitar residency returned to the Banff Centre's recital programs, Jiji was one of the first guitarists to perform a recital at the Centre in July 2015.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Guitar residency returns to the Banff Centre with some fine performances|url=https://calgaryherald.com/entertainment/music/guitar-residency-returns-to-the-banff-centre-with-some-fine-performances|access-date=2021-03-31|website=calgaryherald|language=en-CA}}</ref>
In February 2016, Jiji's graduation recital was aired on PBS as part of the program ''On Stage at Curtis''.<ref>{{Citation|title=On Stage at Curtis {{!}} Guitarist Jiyeon Kim Graduation Recital|url=https://www.pbs.org/video/stage-curtis-guitarist-jiyeon-kim-graduation-recital/|language=en|access-date=2021-03-31}}</ref> In 2016, Jiji was also awarded the Victor and Sono Elmaleh First Prize for her performance in the Concert Artists Guild's 2016 Victor Elmaleh Competition.<ref name=":3" /> After winning the 2017 BMI commissioning award, she commissioned a guitar composition by Nina C. Young, which she first performed at the Green Music Center's Weil Hall.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Guitarist Jiji {{!}} Young Artists Showcase|url=https://www.wqxr.org/story/guitarist-jiji|access-date=2021-03-31|website=WQXR|language=en}}</ref>
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