Kim Bishop

Kim Bishop is one of Australia’s leading violin teachers. She studied in Australia and the US, then founded a very successful music studio in Melbourne. She mentored students as young as two to university level studies. Many went on to high-level careers in Australia and abroad.

Kim has performed with the Tasmanian Symphony and the Queensland Theatre Orchestra. She has toured with the Electric Light Orchestra and Shirley Bassey. She has also played in the Broadway musical, Beauty and the Beast.

Today, Kim's focus is on her Hobart-based Suzuki Method violin studio. She continues to teach interstate and internationally as a Suzuki workshop leader, while supporting young TYO musicians through her work with TYO Camerata Strings.