KMF

Young Hoon Song began playing the cello at the age of five, making his debut with the Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra at age nine. As a young artist, Mr. Song won numerous first prizes, awards and scholarships at nationally renowned competitions in Korea, the United States and the United Kingdom. Most recently, he took home a prize from the 2002 International Paulo Cello Competition.

Mr. Song has performed to critical acclaim as a soloist and chamber musician throughout Europe and Asia and has collaborated with distinguished musicians including Kyung-Wha Chung, Arto Noras and Christian Zacharias. He is very much in demand in his native Korea, having played with every leading orchestra there, as well as just completing a two-year recital tour in all the major cities. In addition, he recently formed the piano quartet M.I.K. Ensemble, who is about to make their first recording (September 2005).

As a chamber musician, he has been appearing for the last three years as guest principal cellist with the English Chamber Orchestra. Young Hoon Song studied with the late Channing Robbinson, Ralph Kirshbaum and Arto Noras. He plays a Carlo Antonio Testore cello, 1749.

Anna Polonsky is recognized as an accomplished soloist and chamber musician. She has appeared with the Columbus Symphony Orchestra, the Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia, the Pro-Musica Chamber Orchestra, the World Youth Symphony Orchestra, and many others. Ms. Polonsky has collaborated with the Guarneri, Orion, and Audubon Quartets, and with such musicians as Mitsuko Uchida, David Shifrin, Richard Goode, Ida and Ani Kavafian, Cho-Liang Lin, Anton Kuerti, Gary Hoffman, Fred Sherry, and Ralph Kirchbaum.

Ms. Polonsky has given concerts in the Amsterdam Concertgebouw and the Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center, and has toured extensively throughout the United States, Europe, and Asia. Anna Polonsky made her solo piano debut at the age of seven at the Special Central Music School in Moscow, Russia. She received her Bachelor of Music diploma from the Curtis Institute of Music and her Master's Degree from The Juilliard School.