"A CELLIST WHO HAS PROVEN A DEEP ARTISTIC INSIGHT" -THE STRAD Korea

Equally at home as a soloist and chamber musician, Angela Park has performed throughout the North and South Americas, Europe, and East Asia. Notable appearances are solo concerts with the Philadelphia Orchestra and the Seoul Philharmonic, and chamber music appearances at the Marlboro, Verbier, and Ravinia Festivals.

In recent seasons, Angela has performed with Helsinki Baroque, Anne-­Sophie Mutter on her Virtuosi European Tour, Incheon Philharmonic, and has returned to the Marlboro Music Festival, Prussia Cove Open Chamber Music, and Festival de los Siete Lagos in Argentina. She has worked on the chamber music repertoire with Leonidas Kavakos, Miriam Fried, Peter Wiley, Bruno Canino, Kim Kashkashian, Richard Goode, among others, has performed the concerto repertoire with the Philadelphia Orchestra, Seoul Philharmonic, KBS (Korean Broadcasting System) Orchestra, and the Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra, and has won multiple international awards from the Isang Yun, Stulberg, and Young Tchaikovsky Competitions.

Increasingly in demand as a baroque cellist, Angela often performs the Bach Suites in a baroque setup, and is a founding member of the Gamut Bach Ensemble Philadelphia. In addition to performing early music, she has a deep interest in the music of our times and has taken part in dozens of world premieres.

Born in 1987 in California to Korean parents, Angela started playing the cello at age 10 with Sungeun Hong and Kyungmi Lim. Performing from an early age soon thereafter, Angela won virtually every competition in Korea and made her debut with the Seoul Philharmonic at the age of 12. The next year, she started her studies at the renowned Curtis Institute of Music with Orlando Cole and Peter Wiley, and while at Curtis, made her debut with the Philadelphia Orchestra and Christoph Eschenbach. She continued her studies at the New England Conservatory with Laurence Lesser before moving to Berlin to study with Jens Peter Maintz at the Universität der Künste Berlin, graduating with highest distinction in 2013. As a baroque cellist, she also seeks mentorship from Kristin von der Goltz.

Angela plays a Paolo Antonio Testore cello and a 19th century Flemish baroque cello, both generously on private loan.

She currently resides in Berlin, Germany.