Angelia Cho
Ms. Cho’s first concerto debut was with the Philadelphia Orchestra at the age of 11. Since then, she has enjoyed an exciting and versatile career as soloist, recitalist, chamber musician, teaching artist, and orchestral musician all across the Americas, Europe, Asia, the Middle East, and South Africa.
As an orchestral musician, Ms. Cho performed in the Minnesota Orchestra for Season 2014/2015 and also subbed with the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra in St. Paul in Minnesota. She is also a former member of IRIS Orchestra, as well as Boston’s Grammy nominated ensemble, A Far Cry.
She received her Bachelor of Music degree at The Curtis Institute of Music with world renowned, Ida Kavafian in 2002 and continued her education in Boston at the New England Conservatory with Donald Weilerstein, earning Masters Degree and Graduate Diploma in Performance.
In 2000, Ms. Cho won the National Society of Arts and Letters Violin Competition, as well as first prize at the Rutenberg Chamber Music Competition, and was the winner of the Concerto Competition, as well as Honors Ensemble at The New England Conservatory.
In 2007 Ms. Cho became a fellow of the Academy, a program of Carnegie Hall, The Juilliard School, and the Weill Institute in New York City, currently known as Ensemble Connect. An avid educator and ambassador of music, Ms. Cho was involved in several projects around the world, one of which included building the first national youth orchestra in Iraq. Though, no longer in existence, the experience has resulted in the book called, Upbeat, by author and conductor, Paul MacAlindin whom Angelia has collaborated with closely for 4 years throughout the NYOI project, Angelia has performed on numerous chamber music series and festivals, that include Kneisel Hall, Yellow Barn, Verbier, Ravinia, Northwestern University’s Winter Festival, and Open Chamber Music Session, in Prussia Cove in England, Grahamstown National Arts Festival in South Africa and has collaborated with world renowned artists in chamber music and solos, such as Ida Haendel, Christian Tetzlaff, Shlomo Mintz,members of the Cleveland Quartet, members of the Philadelphia Orchestra, and members of the Minnesota Orchestra.
Ms. Cho served on Faculty at The Concord Conservatory and as visiting violin professor at Brandeis College, guest faculty at the New England Conservatory Preparatory and on faculty at the Decoda Summer Chamber Music Institute in residence at Skidmore College.
Ms. Cho was recently appointed to the violin section of National Symphony Orchestra at the Kennedy Center.
