Cellist Timothy Frank joined the Hong Kong Philharmonic in 1995. A native of Virginia, he earned a Bachelor of Music degree from Oberlin Conservatory and a Master degree of Music from Indiana University. Immediately prior to his appointment to the HK Phil he won the position of Assistant Principal Cello in the Memphis Symphony.

He has performed at Carnegie Hall and the Kennedy Center with the New York String Orchestra under the late Alexander Schneider, and played in the National Repertory Orchestra of Colorado. He has participated in numerous chamber music festivals including the Juilliard Quartet Seminar, Taos School of Music Chamber Music Festival, Mendelssohn Quartet Seminar and Music at the Gainey Center.

As a three-time participant in the Pacific Music Festival (PMF), he played concerts throughout Japan, including a special piano quartet concert at Casals Hall, Tokyo for PMF corporate donors. While still a student, Mr Frank played for four years with the Pro Musica Chamber Orchestra of Columbus, Ohio, appointed as the orchestra's youngest member. His main teachers have been Norman Fischer, Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi and Peter Rejto.

Timothy Frank plays a contemporary cello made by Gregg Alf in Ann Arbor.

大提琴家霍添是土生土長的美國維珍尼亞州人，分別於奧伯林音樂學院及印第安納大學取得音樂學士及碩士學位，在1995年加入港樂之前，曾擔任孟菲斯交響樂團的助理首席大提琴。

他曾在已故小提琴家兼教育家亞歷山大‧施奈達的帶領下，在卡奈基音樂廳及甘迺迪中心與紐約弦樂團合作演出，亦曾與科羅拉多州國家定曲樂團一同演奏。他也曾參與多個室樂音樂節，包括茱莉亞弦樂四重奏研討會、陶斯音樂學校室樂音樂節、孟德爾遜四重奏研討會等，並曾於簡尼中心演出。

作為曾三度參與太平洋國際音樂節的音樂家，霍添曾巡迴日本多地演出，包括於東京卡薩爾斯音樂廳舉行、特地為該音樂節企業捐款者而設的鋼琴四重奏音樂會。霍添曾師隨紐曼．費殊、堤剛及雷伊托，於學生時代已加入俄亥俄州哥倫布市的音韻室樂團，一同演出四年，是該樂團最年輕的一員。

霍添用作演出的大提琴，由美國密西根州安娜堡的當代製琴師阿爾夫製作。