Soyoung Cho

Soyoung Cho, from Seoul, first entered the Curtis Institute of Music in 2017 and received her Bachelor of Music degree in 2022, studying with Roberto Díaz, Hsin-Yun Huang, and Edward Gazouleas. She is now pursuing her Master of Music degree, studying viola with Edward Gazouleas and Misha Amory. All students at Curtis receive merit-based, full-tuition scholarships, and Ms. Cho is the Mimi Lane and Robert Durham Fellow.

Ms. Cho has won prizes at the 2015 Johansen International String Competition and the Junior Strings Division of the 2011 Osaka International Music Competition. She was a semifinalist in the 2022 Young Concert Artists auditions and appeared in the 2021 Primrose International Viola Competition. She has served as the principal viola of the Curtis Symphony Orchestra and regularly plays in string quartets and other chamber ensembles.

Ms. Cho has participated in music festivals such as Morningside Music Bridge, Heifetz International Music Institute, Toronto Summer Music Festival, Yale University’s Norfolk Chamber Music Festival, and the Verbier Festival Academy. She has also performed recitals in Beijing; Calgary; Toronto; Dubai; Washington, D.C.; Philadelphia; and Seoul.

Ms. Cho began studying the violin at age five and viola at age eight.