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Mimi Hwang, the daughter of Chinese immigrants, was born and raised in Los Angeles. She was the cellist and a founding member of the Franciscan String Quartet. The Quartet held the position of Wardwell Fellows at the Yale School of Music and was Quartet-in-Residence at the Hopkins Center at Dartmouth College, where Ms Hwang was on the faculty of the Department of Music. First Prize winner of the 1986 Banff International String Quartet Competition, the Quartet enjoyed an active career, performing in North America, Europe and Asia. As a soloist, Ms Hwang has performed with the Beijing Philharmonic, the Los Angeles Philharmonic, and the San Francisco Chamber Orchestra. She received her Master’s Degree at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, her Bachelor’s Degree with Distinction at the New England Conservatory of Music and studied with Bonnie Hampton, Laurence Lesser, Paul Katz and Eleonore Schoenfeld. Ms Hwang is currently the Co-Director of Yellow Barn’s Young Artists Program and is Assistant Professor of Chamber Music at the Eastman School of Music, joining the faculty in 1994. |
