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The Daedalus String Quartet
The Daedalus Quartet has been selected by Carnegie Hall to participate in the ECHO (European Concert Hall Organization) Rising Stars program. The Daedalus Quartet has been named by the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center to be the Chamber Music Society Two string quartet for the 2005-2006 and 2006-2007 seasons. The Daedalus Quartet has also been a recipient of a residency grant from Chamber Music America. Brother and sister violinists Kyu-Young Kim and Min-Young Kim, who alternate on first violin, and cellist Raman Ramakrishnan grew up in East Patchogue, Long Festival. An active chamber musician, violinist Min-Young Kim made her New York recital debut at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall in January 2001 as a winner of the Artists International Competition. Ms. Kim is strongly committed to education, and was one of the first recipients of the Morse Fellowship at Juilliard, teaching music in inner city classrooms through creative activities. A graduate of Harvard University, The Juilliard School, and the Cleveland Institute of Music, Ms. Kim is currently on the faculty of Columbia University. Her principal teachers have been Donald Weilerstein, Robert Mann, and Shirley Givens. She lives in Manhattan with her husband and daughter. Violinist Kyu-Young Kim has been soloist with the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, of which he served as Associate Concertmaster, and the Amadeus Chamber Orchestra of Poland. He is a former member of the Pacifica Quartet, with which he won the Walter W. Naumburg Chamber Music Award. Mr. Kim and his wife, cellist Pitnarry Shin, were awarded a 2002 McKnight Fellowship as the Soyulla Duo. He has also been the winner of the Marcia Polayes National Young Artists Award and a Jury Commendation Award at the Michael Hill World Violin Competition in New Zealand. Educated at the Curtis Institute and the Juilliard School, Mr. Kim's principal teachers include Donald Weilerstein, Robert Mann, Jaime Laredo, Yumi Scott, and Shirley Givens. Cellist Raman Ramakrishnan has toured with Musicians from Marlboro and performed frequently with such ensembles as the Metamorphosen Chamber Orchestra, the International Sejong Soloists, and the contemporary chamber ensemble Proteus 5. As a member of Yo-Yo Ma's Silk Road Ensemble, he has collaborated with musicians from the Iraqi National Symphony Orchestra and will perform in Agra, India in the 2004-2005 season. Mr. Ramakrishnan holds a Bachelor's degree with honors in physics from Harvard University and a Master's from The Juilliard School. His principal teachers have been Fred Sherry, Andrés Diaz, and André Emelianoff. |
The Daedalus Quartet takes its name from the mythical Greek inventor, artist,
and architect celebrated for creating the art of sculpture, designing the
Labyrinth, and above all for regaining his freedom by devising wings that made
it possible for him to fly. The Daedalus Quartet (pronounced DED-a-lus), was
founded in the summer of 2000 at the Marlboro Music Festival, and one year later
the quartet was the Grand Prize Winner of the 2001 Banff International String
Quartet Competition.