Soo Hyun Cho, born in Seoul, Korea, started playing the piano at the age of five. She studied at the Yewon School and Seoul Arts High School. She received her Bachelor of Music degree in Piano Performance from Seoul National University and her Master of Music degree from the Jacobs School of Music at Indiana University Bloomington. She earned her Doctor of Musical Arts degree at the University of Minnesota. She acquired her Artist Diploma from Meadows School of the Arts at the Southern Methodist University. As a recitalist with solid technique and one of the leading collaborative pianists in Korea, she has performed extensively throughout Seoul and Gyeongnam Province. She has consistently held piano recitals at Seoul Arts Center, Sejong Center, Kumho Art Hall and 315 Art Center. She has appeared as soloist with the Changwon Philharmonic Orchestra, Masan Philharmonic Orchestra, Tianjin Symphony Orchestra and many other orchestras in Korea. As the member of the Koreana Chamber Music Society, she has participated in numerous chamber music performances such as the Tongyeoung International Music Festival and the Changwon International Chamber Music Festival. Her principal teachers include Menahem Pressler, Joaquin Achucarro, Yonghi Moon and Hyungjoon Chang. She has been the Professor of Music Education at Kyungnam University in Korea since 2008.
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