Richard Cho

Violin

Violinist Richard Cho has performed at some of the world’s premier concert halls, including

Carnegie Hall, Alice Tully Hall, and David Geffen Hall. As a passionate chamber musician and

soloist, he has attended the Bowdoin International Music Festival and the PyeongChang

International Music Festival, where he was featured in the Rising Stars Concert Series. He has

performed alongside members of the Ying and Borodin String Quartets and participated in

masterclasses with members of the Juilliard, Emerson, and Brentano String Quartets. Richard

also leads a Juilliard outreach initiative that brings classical, jazz, and pop music to patients and

families at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.

Originally from Georgia, Richard was a prizewinner at the Blount-Slawson Young Artists

Competition and has performed as soloist with orchestras throughout the Atlanta area, including

the DeKalb Symphony Orchestra, Georgia Philharmonic, and the Atlanta Community Symphony

Orchestra.

A recipient of the Dorothy Startling Scholarship, Richard completed his Master of Music in Violin

Performance at The Juilliard School, studying with Laurie Smukler and Areta Zhulla. He has

also studied with renowned pedagogues Kim Nam-Yun, Sergiu Schwartz, and Clara-Jumi Kang.

He was previously a member of the Columbia-Juilliard Exchange Program while earning his

Bachelor of Arts in Neuroscience and Behavior from Columbia University.



Richard’s interdisciplinary interests extend to auditory neuroscience research at Rockefeller

University’s Hudspeth Lab, where he investigates the biomechanics of hearing. His work bridges

artistic expression and scientific inquiry, reflecting a deep commitment to both the emotional and

physiological dimensions of sound.