Violist James Kang is a founding member of the Abeo Quartet, formed at Juilliard in 2018 and previously featured at Alice Tully Hall and The Kennedy Center. He has won top prizes at the American Viola Society Solo Competition and ASTA National Solo Competition, and performed Hindemith’s Der Schwanendreher Viola Concerto with the University of Delaware Symphony Orchestra in 2023. He is also active in community outreach and has participated in engagement concerts with CMS of Lincoln Center’s Meet the Music!, “If Music Be the Food,” and United Nations Chamber Music Society. James is currently pursuing his DMA studies at Northwestern University as the Teaching Assistant of Prof. Helen Callus.