Hyun-Ji Kwon, Cello

Hyun-Ji Kwon, cellist, currently maintains an active schedule as soloist, chamber musician, and teacher. She earned her Bachelor of Music degree at Ewha Women’s University in Seoul, Korea; Master of Music and Graduate Diploma at New England Conservatory in Boston; Doctor of Musical Arts at Boston University, in the studio of Rhonda Rider. Her other teachers have included Natasha Brofsky, Il-hwan Bai and Sungwon Yang.

Kwon has performed in master classes for renowned cellists such as Natalia Gutman and Anner Bylsma. She has performed as guest alumna along with the celebrated Muir Quartet and violist Michelle LaCourse, with the Convergence Ensemble, ArtiQue in Boston Ensemble, Cape Cod Chamber Orchestra and many more Boston area ensembles. 

Kwon taught at Boston University as a lecturer, Boston University Tanglewood Institute(BUTI) as a Co-director of Cello Workshop and  cello coach at BUTI’s Young Artist Orchestra Program, as well as Walnut Hill School for the Arts as a chamber instructor. 

Currently, she serves as a cello faculty at Colby College, Phillips Exeter Academy, and Project STEP. She is a member of the Meadowlark Trio, Echobridge Cellos, and Korean Cultural Society of Boston.