About Marko Ylönen
Already at the age of fifteen Marko Ylönen, one of the most outstanding cellists of his generation, was one of the finalists in a national cello competition of Turku in Finland. In 1990 he was awarded 2nd prize at the Turku Scandinavian Cello Competition and later that year he became a finalist and a prizewinner in the Tchaikowsky Competition in Moscow. 1996 he won the Concert Artist Guild Competition in New York. Marko Ylönen has performed as a soloist and a chamber musician in Finland
