Minji Nam, piano- Chestertown Piano Quartet

Formed in 2024 at the National Music Festival, the Chestertown Piano Quartet is composed of faculty affiliated with some of the most prominent music schools in the United States, including Peabody, Yale, and Towson University. The members — Elizabeth Adams, violin, Renate Falkner, viola, Joseph Gotoff, cello, and Minji Nam, piano — are highly sought-after chamber musicians, having appeared in prestigious music festivals throughout the United States and internationally. 

The Quartet has been named Ensemble-in-Residence at the Kent Cultural Alliance in Chestertown, MD for the 2025-26 season, and will be presenting works by underrepresented female composers of the 19th and 20th centuries alongside newly commissioned contemporary compositions and classic favorites. The quartet is committed to local education and to promoting interdisciplinary collaboration between the many diverse artists in residence at the KCA and throughout the greater context of Maryland and Washington D.C.’s vibrant cultural community.

Originally from Seoul, South Korea, pianist Minji Nam is an energetic chamber musician and educator. A graduate of the Eastman School of Music, she has worked as a collaborative pianist at Yale, the Washington International Competition, Washington National Opera, the McDuffie Center for Strings, Florida State University, Aspen Music Festival, Bowdoin International Music Festival, and the American Youth Philharmonic Orchestras. Additionally, she has performed as a Guest Artist for the Four Seasons Chamber Music Festival, Atlanta Chamber Players, and the Hawaii Chamber Music Festival. 

As the head Collaborative Pianist at Yale School of Music, Minji performed for recitals with students and faculty, masterclasses, and coordinated the collaborative piano program. At Florida State University, she worked as a vocal coach and music director for their opera outreach program. 

Minji has performed in recitals with artists including Augustin Hadelich, Hsin-Yun Huang, Demarre McGill, Isabel Bayrakdarian, Eric Silberger, Ignace Jang, Annie Fullard, Amy Schwartz-Morretti, Evan Jones, Robert McDuffie, and Walfrid Kujala. She has played in masterclasses for renowned musicians Emmanuel Pahud, Hilary Hahn, Anne-Sophie Mutter, Kyung-Sun Lee, Midori, Robert Lipsett, Lambert Orkis, Renée Fleming, and Jessye Norman. Recent highlights include recording an album and performing a showcase concert at Carnegie Hall with friend and longtime duo partner Jacquelin Cordova-Arrington.

Minji is dedicated to organizing benefit concerts for cancer patients, recently performing concerts in a deeply personal musical program entitled "Note for Purpose,” and plans to establish an artist fund to further this cause. In the summer she is a faculty artist at the National Music Festival.