Kim Walker is one of the world's most celebrated bassoonists, a prolific recording artist, and a respected teacher and administrator. She trained in the United States and then Switzerland and has toured as a soloist with many of Europe's leading orchestras since 1982, working with such conductors as Ashkenazy, Solti, Bernstein, Rattle and Dorati. She was Dean of the Sydney Conservatorium of Music (2004), director of the Texas Tech University School of Music (2018-2020)