- Angela Fitzgerald: On March 13th, four gifted young musicians will take the stage here at Overture Hall in Madison.

- Lori Skelton: They're vying for top honors in the Madison Symphony Orchestra's Bolz Young Artist Competition. They are violinist, Monona Suzuki; flautist, Holly Venkitaswaran; cellist, Grace Kim; and pianist, Antonio Wu. You'll see them perform as part of our live broadcast, Wisconsin Young Artists Compete: The Final Forte.

- But before they step into the spotlight, we asked them to tell us a little about themselves, their love of music...

- And the dream that led them here, to center stage.

- My name is Grace Kim and I'm a junior at Waunakee Community High School. I started cello in fifth grade. I picked the cello because it had a certain warm mellow sound that I really liked. It sounds a lot like the human voice and I thought that connected with me a lot more. - Uri Vardi: Is it a different expression now? 

- I take cello lessons from Uri Vardi, who's the professor from the University of Wisconsin- Madison. I've taken lessons with Uri for almost two years. I like how he doesn't sugar-coat details in your playing and he really tells you how to fix problems.  

- You should not sound exactly like a bored repetition. 

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- I use mirrors so I can fix things that I'm doing wrong.  I like to bake and draw whenever I get the time. I got interested in baking from watching British Baking Show. I think the most successful thing I've baked is probably... Well, I don't know. There are a lot. 
[chuckles] 

I like to draw lots of just realistic drawings. Whenever I get a really big idea in my head I just start to draw right away. They turn out pretty good.  I will be performing the first and third movements of Saint-Saëns first cello concerto.  I liked it because of its powerful personality right from the first measure and the different emotions that just flow throughout the piece. 

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For me, performing music is a way to, like, express myself, like, day-to-day life, I'm more, like, introverted, I guess. When I perform, I focus on just enjoying the music and I hope that the audience enjoys it as much as I do. 
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[applause]