Caroline Evans Kang


Organization: Royal Conservatoire of the Hague
Title: Teacher
Program Graduation: BM, ALP Certificate 2002
Musical Studies: Cello
Musical Specialties: Early Music
Non-Musical Specialties: Education
Quote: “Over the past years in The Netherlands, I have found a particular attachment to my ALP education and feel the program prepared me for an optimistic yet realistic view of a career in the music world.”

Bio:

Based in The Netherlands, Caroline performs with various leading early music ensembles around Europe and teaches at the Royal Conservatory of the Hague, where she enjoys a wide variety of roles, teaching baroque cello and “the Historical Development of the Cello and Viola da Gamba,” as well as beginning cello in the PI: Music for Pre-school children program, and as a supervisor for Master students in Artistic Research. She is passionate about community engagement and teaches in the “The Residents,” an instrumental music program developed by the Residentie Orkest of the Hague for underserved elementary students. Caroline has performed as soloist and chamber musician at the Library of Congress, the Concertgebouw, the Kennedy Center, Amsterdam Cello Biennale, Edinburgh Festival, Leipzig, Thüringen Bachwochen, Festival d'Aix-en-Provence, and Música Antigua de Barcelona, her playing been regarded as “sincere and nuanced” (The Washington Post), “particularly distinguished” (De Volkskrant) and “[…]brings out the warmth of the solo lines” (Early Music America). As an early music specialist, Caroline has given workshops and masterclasses at leading institutions across the globe.