Indiana-native Ana Kim is a versatile cellist who performs on modern and period/historical instruments. She is Assistant Principal cellist at the Lyric Opera Orchestra of Chicago. She also plays with various ensembles, including Philharmonia Baroque, Teatro Nuovo, and NY Trinity Baroque Orchestras.
Ana also performed in festivals such as Oregon Bach, Yellow Barn, Verbier Academy, Music@ Menlo, and International Musicians Seminar at Prussia Cove. She has received a Doctorate degree at the University of Southern California and has studied Historical Performance at Juilliard. Her teachers include János Starker, Ralph Kirshbaum, and Laurence Lesser.
Ana has taught at Pacific Union College and the Browning School in New York. She has also taught in Music Festival of Santa Catarina in Brazil and worked with educational programs with the American Classical Orchestra.