Born in Vietnam, native-Cambodian Thanh Kim began learning the craft of instrument building in 1987, when he began working at William Harris Lee & Company as an assistant to William Whedbee. In 1996, he began working as a luthier on his own, fashioning his instruments after Stradivari models. Thanh Kim's cellos feature a warm yet powerful tonal quality with outstanding projection, and are equally at home in an orchestra, chamber ensemble, or on the recital stage.