Catherine Cho

Catherine Cho draws upon her experiences as a soloist, chamber musician, pedagogue, and artistic director to support and mentor artists in their quests to engage and enrich their high values as creative thinkers and communicators. She is devoted to fostering the next generation of performers, teachers, and leaders through the development of artistic excellence, curiosity, and clarity of vision through a holistic view of the artist.

She has appeared as a soloist with the Detroit, National, Edmonton, Montreal, National Arts Center, Barcelona, Haifa, New Zealand, Buenos Aires, KBS, Seoul, and Daejon orchestras, and has appeared in recitals and chamber music performances at the Kennedy Center, Ravinia, 92nd St. Y, Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Casals Halls among others.

She has appeared in 12 national tours with Musicians From Marlboro and participated in Open Chamber Music at IMS Prussia Cove, the Aspen Music Festival, Chamber Music Northwest, Santa Fe, Four Seasons, and Marlboro Music from 1993-2001. This season, Ms. Cho will offer Artist Residencies, Recitals, and Courses at Seattle Chamber Music Society, Oberlin College and Conservatory, the Curtis Institute, Yale School of Music, Cleveland Institute of Music, Colburn School, and the Norwegian Academy of Music. She was a member of the Johannes String Quartet and La Fenice and was awarded the Avery Fisher Career Grant as well as top prizes in the Montreal (1987), Queen Elisabeth (1989), and Joachim (1991) Competitions.

Her work as a teacher in the Juilliard Chamber Music Community Engagement Seminar highlights her passion for community connection through art and communication. She is a Music For Food artist, artistic director of Chesapeake Music, director of the Summer Music School/Travel Residencies and violin faculty at the Perlman Music Program, and the artistic advisor for the Starling-DeLay Symposium at Juilliard.

Cho received her BM and MM degrees at Juilliard, where she studied with Dorothy Delay, Hyo Kang, and Felix Galimir. Her mentors include Ruggiero Ricci, Franco Gulli, and Michael Avsharian Jr.