Jinjoo Cho

Violinist Jinjoo Cho is a versatile classical artist and First Prize winner of the International Violin Competition of Indianapolis, as well as major competitions in Montréal, Buenos Aires, Schoenfeld, and Stulberg. Since her concert debut at age 11, she has performed at leading venues and festivals worldwide, including Carnegie Hall’s Stern Auditorium, Aspen Music Festival, La Jolla Music Society’s SummerFest, the Banff Centre, Festival de Lanaudière, La Seine Musicale, Kronberg Academy, Schwetzingen Festspiele, Teatro Colón, and Seoul Arts Center.

As a soloist, Jinjoo has performed with The Cleveland Orchestra, Orchestre symphonique de Montréal, Deutsche Radio Philharmonic, Seoul Philharmonic, and the North Carolina, Phoenix, and Charlotte Symphonies. She has collaborated with conductors such as Kent Nagano, JoAnn Falletta, Karina Canellakis, Peter Oundjian, and Michael Stern. An avid chamber musician, she has performed with Gary Hoffman, Andreas Ottensamer, Ray Chen, Jaime Laredo, Sharon Robinson, and Vadim Gluzman. In 2021, she formed Trio Seoul with pianist Kyu Yeon Kim and cellist Brannon Cho.

Jinjoo is Associate Professor of Violin at Northwestern University’s Bienen School of Music and has previously taught at McGill University, the Cleveland Institute of Music, and Oberlin Conservatory. She also regularly serves on juries and screening committees for major international competitions.

In 2015, Jinjoo founded the ENCORE Chamber Music Institute in Cleveland, bringing together international artists and talented young musicians through intensive study, performance, and creative collaboration.