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Artist Info :: Jung-Yoon Cho

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Jung Yoon Cho, Korean-born violinist, is an active recitalist in UK and currently pursuing a PhD under Professor Clive Brown at University of Leeds.  Jung Yoon began playing the violin at the age of three and studied at Yewon School and Seoul Arts High School in South Korea. She was a winner of many national violin competitions in South Korea and she made her first concerto début at the age of 11 with the Prime Philharmonic Orchestra, performing Mozart's Violin Concerto No. 4, in the main concert hall of Sejong Arts centre in South Korea. In 2004, Jung Yoon came to London to continue her studies at the Royal Academy of Music under Professor Tomotada Soh, where she completed her Bachelor of Music (2009) and Master of Music (2011) degrees under a scholarship. While she was studying at Royal Academy of Music, she received numerous prizes and awards including Robert Rendell Scholarship, Sir Cooper Prize Commend, Picker Trust Award, Southdown Trust Award and Foundation Award. Jung Yoon has performed as a soloist in various venues including St James Piccadilly, Bristol Cathedral, St. Olave, and St Dunstan in-the-west, as well as festivals in France and Hungary. She is also enjoying her active performing career as a chamber and orchestral musician, and currently based in London. She has also taken over as director of the Anglo-Japanese Society of Wessex's Chamber Music Ensemble.