SoHyun Ko

,SoHyun Ko began studying violin at the age of 4 at the Korean National Institute for the Gifted in Arts. In 2014 the Stiftung Mozarteum in Austria invited the 8-year-old to Salzburg when at the Mozart Wohnhaus, SoHyun played Mozart’s original violin. Austria National television ORF broadcasted her performances throughout Europe. When she was 9 years old, SoHyun met Pinchas Zukerman in 2015, under whom she is currently studying  at the Manhattan School of Music. Together they performed Bach’s Concerto for Two Violins in 2016 in Korea. Their celebrated performance was widely broadcast on TV and published in Korean newspapers. In 2018, SoHyun was reunited in performance with Mr. Zuckerman at Cadogan Hall in London performing the Mendelssohn Violin Concerto with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Pinchas Zukerman.

Competition victories include the 40th Korean Violin Competition of the Hankook Ilbo in 2012; the 14th Korean Violin Competition of the Korean Chamber Orchestra in 2013; Mastmedia’s 17th Korean Strad Concours in 2015; and the Adelphi Orchestra Young Artist Competition in 2020. SoHyun is an alumna of the Heifetz International Music Institute’s PEG (Program for the Exceptionally Gifted) from 2018-19, and the main program from 2020-21. As of August 2020 she is studying at the Manhattan School of Music under Maestro Pinchas Zukerman and Patinka Kopec.