Lillian Yim, Cello
Bio
Cellist Lillian Yim, 24, is a versatile musician striving to instill a love for music to her audiences. Lillian discovered her passion for music with Katie Kennedy at the Hartt School in Connecticut, where she began performing in orchestras and chamber ensembles. She was awarded the principal cello position of the Connecticut Youth Symphony as one of the youngest members in the orchestra. Ever since then, Lillian became an avid orchestral musician and has performed with the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra, and the New York String Orchestra Seminar.
Chamber music is a valuable part of Lillian’s career. She was the cellist in Trio Tyche, the New England Conservatory’s 2023-2024 Honors Piano Trio, and had the opportunity to perform a recital in Jordan Hall as well as present outreach concerts to the greater Boston community. In previous years, Lillian participated in a quartet that was selected for the Borromeo String Quartet’s Beethoven Seminar and performed Beethoven String Quartet Op. 74 No. 10 “Harp” in Jordan Hall.
Lillian made her debut as soloist at age 17 where she performed with the Farmington Valley Symphony Orchestra (FVSO) as the winner of the Hartford Music Teachers Alliance Concerto Competition. She was invited back in 2020 to perform the entire Elgar Cello Concerto as the second prize winner of the CT-ASTA Solo Competition, and in February 2025 to perform the entire Dvorak Cello Concerto with the FVSO. In May 2023, Lillian performed Tchaikovsky’s Rococo Variations with the Nutmeg Symphony Orchestra as the winner of their concerto competition.
Lillian earned her Bachelor of Music in Cello Performance at the New England Conservatory of Music under the tutelage of Yeesun Kim as a recipient of the Cornelia Lombard Scholarship and the Dean’s Scholarship. She earned her Master of Music from the Juilliard School with Clara Minhye Kim, and currently attends the Yale School of Music with Paul Watkins to pursue her MMA.
