Yumi Cho

Canadian violinist Yumi Cho is a graduate of the five-year dual degree program between Barnard College/Columbia University and The Juilliard School. She received her B.A. with honors in Economics and Environmental Science, and her M.M. in Violin Performance under the tutelage of Ronald Copes, Naoko Tanaka and Dorothy DeLay. She has also studied with Pamela Frank at The Peabody Institute and Tom Johnson, a former member of the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra. Her music festival credits include the Verbier, Lucerne, International Holland Music Sessions, La Jolla SummerFest, Cascade, Stuttgart, Britten-Pears, Music Academy of the West, IMS Prussia Cove, Carnegie Hall Professional Workshop, Pacific, New York String Seminar and Aspen festivals.

Ms. Cho’s interests span beyond her passion for music. She is an avid traveler and outdoor enthusiast. She has been extremely fortunate to have traveled to 60+ countries for both musical and exploratory excursions. Road/trail running, trekking and biking are just a few of her outdoor pleasures, which she loves to combine with her travels. A few of her most recent adventures include biking down the Curonian Spit in Lithuania/Russia, completing a half marathon on the Ankgor Wat grounds in Cambodia, a “midnight sun” full marathon 350 km north of the Arctic Circle in Norway and an ultra-marathon along the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans in South Africa. She has also traveled the 7000+ km ride on the Trans-Siberian Railway through Mongolia and Russia, trekked to Mount Everest Base Camp at 18,000 ft. (above sea level) in Nepal and trekked through Patagonia at the southern tip of Chile and Argentina.