Er-Gene Kahng (she/her) is a violinist and professor whose work came to light through her advocacy of American classical composer, Florence Price. Her recording of Priceās Violin Concertos has been cited and praised by sources such as The Guardian, The Wall Street Journal, The New Yorker, and The New York Times as an important contribution to American classical music, and has aired on programs like NPRās Songs we Love, and APMās Performance Today.
Er-Gene is concertmaster of the Fort Smith Symphony Orchestra and the Arkansas Philharmonic Orchestra; she is co-Artistic Director of the Pierrot+ ensemble, Khemia Ensemble. Er-Gene aims to continue the work of equity, diversity, inclusion and belonging by exploring the ways contemporary American classical music can intersect with, and highlight, forgotten narratives of the past and thus shape the musical values of the present and future.