Parker String Quartet

The Parker String Quartet, the graduate quartet in residence at The New England Conservatory, has collected a growing number of glowing reviews, competition wins, performance prize engagements at prestigious venues, and recording opportunities since its inception in May of 2002. They were winners of the 2005 Concert Artists Guild International Competition and the 2005 Bordeaux International String Quartet Competition. The Washington Post declared that "they propel the music irresistibly but with extraordinary grace and flexibility and, above all, they make sense of the music." The New York Times suggested that its performance "set the group apart as something extraordinary." All the members of the quartet are pursuing graduate degrees in performance and chamber music at the New England Conservatory.

Violinist Daniel Chong, a native Californian, made his debut playing a Mozart Concerto with the Orchestra Da Camera in Los Angeles when he was eight years old and already appeared as soloist at age ten. He has been invited to play in both the US and Germany.

Karen Kim is a Minnesotan who was named a Presidential Scholar by the US Dept. of Education in 2001. In 2000 she won the Grand Prize in the American String Teachers National Solo Competition and a 2001 Music for Youth Foundation Scholarship. Ms Kim and Mr. Chong both study with Donald Weilerstein.

Jessica Bodner, violist, is from Houston, Texas, where she was the winner of competitions of the High School for Performing and Visual Arts Symphony and the Greater Houston Youth Orchestra. She's also the bronze medalist in the Houston Symphony Concerto Competition. Her teachers have included Kim Kashkashian.

Cellist Kee-Hyun Kim is a native of Seoul, Korea, but he's been schooled in the U.S. He has performed as a recitalist, chamber musician and orchestra player in major concert halls. He performs on a 1844 Giacomo Rivolta from Milan.