DAEDALUS QUARTET
Individual Biographies

Min-Young Kim, violin
A graduate of Harvard University and the Juilliard School, Min-Young Kim made her New York recital debut at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall in January 2001 as winner of the Artists International Competition. Her strong commitment to contemporary music has led to numerous premieres in the New York and Boston areas, and at new music festivals in Spain and Greece. She is currently on the chamber music faculties of Columbia University and the School for Strings in New York.

Kyu-Young Kim, violin
Hailed by the Chicago Tribune for his “flawless musical and technical command,” Mr. Kim is an award winning soloist and chamber musician. Educated at the Curtis Institute and the Juilliard School, Mr. Kim has been soloist with the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, of which he serves as Associate Concertmaster, and the Amadeus Chamber Orchestra of Poland. A former member of the Pacifica Quartet, with which he won a Naumburg Chamber Music Award, he has presented solo recitals throughout the United States, Japan, Germany, and New Zealand.

Jessica Thompson, viola
Until joining the Daedalus Quartet in 2002, Jessica Thompson was a member of the Chester String Quartet, resident ensemble of Indiana University where she served as Associate Professor. She has been soloist with the Minnesota Orchestra and performed in recital in Philadelphia, Minneapolis, and Washington, D.C, and at the Isaac Stern Memorial Concert at Carnegie Hall. She has spent summers at the Marlboro Music Festival and tours with Musicians from Marlboro.

Raman Ramakrishnan, ’Cello.
A graduate of Harvard University and The Juilliard School, Raman Ramakrishnan has given solo recitals in New York and Boston and performed chamber music at Alice Tully Hall, at Bargemusic, and at the Marlboro, Charlottesville and Four Seasons Chamber Music Festivals. He will tour with Musicians from Marlboro in the 2002-2003 season.