Myung-Wha Chung Artistic Advisor

In her international career spanning three decades, cellist Myung-Wha Chung has established herself as a consummate artist of extraordinary musicality. She has repeatedly appeared as soloist with top orchestras all over the world and has been a featured performer in many festivals including Lucerne, Maggio Musicale of Florence, Spoleto, Palma de Majorca, Tivoli, Birmingham, Evian, and Dijon. She has performed at the White House and the United Nations and appeared on nationally televised programs in the United States, Europe, and Korea. Her solo and piano trio recordings (as part of the Chung Trio) have been issued on Decca, EMI, Sori, and Deutsche Grammophon. Ms. Chung was appointed as Goodwill Ambassador for the UN International Drug Control Program, and received the Excellence 2000 Award for her “outstanding contribution to American society in the field of music” by the US Pan-Asian American Chamber of Commerce. Subsequently, the Korean Government conferred upon her the National Order of Cultural Merit “Eunkwan”. She currently serves as Goodwill Ambassador for UNICEF in the Republic of Korea. Ms. Chung is the head of the cello faculty at the Korean national Institute of Arts in Seoul and plays a 1731 Stradivarius cello known as “Braga”.