Caroline Kang

Who is Caroline Kang?

Caroline Kang is an American concert and Baroque cellist.

Her playing has been described as “particularly distinguished” by De Volkskrant and “sincere and nuanced” by The Washington Post.

She has performed as a soloist and chamber musician at major venues and festivals including the Library of Congress, the Kennedy Center, Edinburgh Festival, Bachfest Leipzig, Thüringen Bachwochen, Festival d'Aix-en-Provence and Música Antigua de Barcelona. She has worked alongside other specialist, early music musicians including William Christie, Andrew Lawrence-King, Nicholas McGeegan and Lawrence Cummings. Her younger generation recital partners include Mahan Esfahani, Shuann Chai and Petra Somlai.

She performs on all of the various forms of the 18th century cello, utilising authentic historical techniques as the basis for her playing approach, including both overhand and underhand bowing. In 2011 she was a featured soloist at the Holland Festival of Early Music Utrecht in concertos by Vivaldi, performing on a number of different types and sizes of 18th century cello.