"Kim -- whose performance celebrated the 30th anniversary of the Korean Concert Society -- can do pretty much what he wants on a cello. He showed it off from the start, sitting down with a "Serenade espagnole" by the beguiling Cécile Chaminade and coquetting with it to the point of egregiousness. He flirted with the line, shaped it, wrapped it around his fingers, pulled it out in a new dimension, all with the practiced ease of someone who knows that he knows a few cool tricks, milking a slender but appealing appetizer of a piece for all it was worth." Washington Post More

... Lim [...] is a deeply gifted musician with a full, singing tone, near flawless technique and a natural lyricism that infused virtually every note she played. [...] Kudos to the Korean Concert Society, which continues to find and showcase young musicians like this. The Washington Post More

"It took cellist Sungwon Yang a while to warm up to his program at the Kennedy Center Terrace Theater Saturday night. But once he had put Mendelssohn's 'Variations Concertantes' and Bach's Suite No. 5 for Unaccompanied Cello in C Minor behind him, Yang offered performances loaded with imagination and technical brilliance." The Washington Post More

"No one can doubt the sincerity of his playing. Bach's Suite No. 3 for unaccompanied cello, BWV 1009, and Beethoven's Sonata in A for cello and piano, Op. 69, were sensitively controlled with excellent voicing at midregister..." The Washington Post More