Kim Diehnelt is compelled to create beauty through her work as a conductor and composer.

Trained in the United States, Finland, and Switzerland, Kim Diehnelt (ASCAP) has been composing works for solo instruments, chamber, orchestral and choral ensembles since 2011 when after decades on the conductor’s podium she “suddenly had something to say.” Her style is best described as a “Nordic Palestrina” as her works possess a lyrical, vocal quality with an attention to beauty and the sense of an unfolding story.

Kim was the KISMET Foundation’s 2018 Artist-in-Residence and created the nature-inspired work Yarmouth Time for Violin and Cello which appears on the Trio Casals album “Moto Finale” released December 2021.