Mimi Hwang is an American cellist and a winner of both the Banff and the Evian International String Quartet Competitions.
[1] Hwang is the founding member of the Franciscan String Quartet with musicians Wendy Sharp, Alison Harney, and Marcia Cassidy.
She also played in the San Francisco Chamber Orchestra and with such musicians as Raphael Hillyer, Laurence Lesser and Michael Tree.
Later on, she became a founder of Cello Divas and Quartos with which she appeared in such places as Banff, Norfolk, Roycroft, and Skaneateles as well as at the Aspen Music Festival.
[5] Currently she is co-artistic director of the Yellow Barn Music School and Festival and is both a Trustee of the Arts and a member of the Cultural Council for Greater Rochester (NY).