BIOGRAPHY

Hyun-Ji Kwon, cellist, currently maintains an active schedule as a soloist, chamber musician,

orchestra player and educator. She is a member of the Boston Lyric Opera, Meadowlark Trio,

Echo Bridge Cellos, Convergence Ensemble, and frequently performs with the Boston Ballet

Orchestra, the Boston Modern Orchestra Project (BMOP), and the Rhode Island Philharmonic

Orchestra. She recently played the solo cello chair in the pre-Broadway musical “The Queen of

Versailles” and in the revival of the Broadway musical “1776” on its national tour.

She has taught at Colby College, Boston University, and the Boston University Tanglewood

Institute (BUTI), where she served as Co-director of the Cello Workshop and cello coach for

BUTI’s Young Artist Orchestra Program. Currently, she is a cello faculty member at Phillips

Exeter Academy, Project STEP and Four Strings Academy.

She earned her Bachelor of Music degree at Ewha Women’s University in Seoul, Korea; her

Master of Music and Graduate Diploma at the New England Conservatory in Boston; and her

Doctor of Musical Arts at Boston University under the mentorship of Rhonda Rider.