Na-Young Baek
cello

Cellist Na-Young Baek holds a B.A. from the Curtis Institute of Music, M.A. from Yale University, A.D. from the Juilliard School, and a D.M.A. from Stony Brook University. Her teachers include Orlando Cole, Aldo Parisot, and Colin Carr, and at end of her study with Aldo Parisot, she was awarded an "Aldo Parisot Prize" for being the most promising young cellist. Her doctorate studies had a wide variety of repertoire covering from Biber to Gubaidulina, and her dissertation, "Historically Informed Playing of Bach Suite No.5," was based on the comparison of the fifth cello suite with the g minor suite for the Lute. While pursuing her degrees, she won first prizes in the Philadelphia Orchestra Competition, Hudson Valley Philharmonic Competition, and Holland-America Music Society Competition. She made her orchestra debut with the Philadelphia Orchestra, and played with the Hudson Valley Philharmonic, DuPage Symphony, Seoul Philharmonic, and the Korean Chamber Ensemble in major venues including the Academy House in Philadelphia and Reingau Musik Festival in Germany. She made her NYC debut in Carnegie Hall, and her Dame Myra Hess concert series recital was broadcasted live in Chicago. An avid chamber musician, she was invited and played at Marlboro Music Festival for three summers and played in Musicians From Marlboro tour in December 2008 which will occur again in 2011. In addition, she made her chamber music appearance in Aspen Music Festival, Issac Stern Seminar in Israel, Schuleswig-Holstein Music Festival in Germany, and was featured in Carnegie Hall, Kennedy Center, Salle Gaveau in Paris, Cadogan Hall in London, and the NPR's Performance Today.

Na-Young is a member of the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra, Sejong Soloists, and ECCO Ensemble, and plays on a cello by Giovanni Grancino, C.1656, from the New Jersey Symphony's Golden Age Collection.