CAROLINE KANG
Caroline Kang has performed as a soloist and chamber musician at the Library of Congress, the Kennedy Center, Edinburgh Festival, Bachfest Leipzig, Thüringen Bachwochen, Festival d’Aix-en-Provence, Amsterdam Cello Biennale, Música Antigua de Barcelona, and the Innsbruck Early Music Festival and has had the pleasure of working with such esteemed musicians as Lars Ulrik Mortensen, William Christie, Andrew Lawrence King, Nicholas McGeegan and Lawrence Cummings, among others. She currently plays various ensembles across Europe, such as Anima Eterna (BE), Antiqua Manent (IT), and Concerto Copenhagen (DK).
Caroline Kang’s playing has been regarded as: “sincere and nuanced” (The Washington Post), “particularly distinguished” (De Volkskrant) and “cellist Caroline Kang brings out the warmth of the solo lines” (Early Music America).
Caroline studied the modern and baroque cello at the Eastman School of Music (Rochester, NY), Longy School of Music (Boston), Ithaca College School of Music, Cornell University and at The Royal Conservatorium in The Hague, studying with Steven Doane, Elizabeth Simkin, Phoebe Carrai and Jaap ter Linden.
Stemming from the good fortune of having had so many wonderful teachers, Caroline is a committed teacher and has given workshops and masterclasses on various topics including 17th and 18th century cello repertoire, technique and performance practices at leading institutions throughout Europe, Asia, and North America, such as the Royal College of Music in Stockholm, Princeton University, ISI Jogjakarta, Indonesia, and throughout China, including The Academy of Arts in Hong Kong and the Beijing Central Conservatory.
Caroline currently teaches at the Royal Conservatory of the Hague.