Jinjoo Cho is currently
studying at the Cleveland Institute of Music with Paul
Kantor. She won the gold medal at the Stulberg
International String Competition and has
performed in concert with the Cleveland Orchestra, the
Cleveland Orchestra Youth Orchestra, the Seoul
Philharmonic Orchestra, the Kalamazoo Symphony and the
Aspen Orchestra, under the batons of such conductors as
Peter Oundjian, Steven Smith and James Gaffigan. Jinjoo
Cho is also first solo violin with the Cleveland
Orchestra Youth Orchestra and a chamber musician with
the Wo-Men String Quartet, an ensemble that won the Ohio
Orchestra & String Teachers Association Chamber Music
Competition and recently performed in the Cleveland
Chamber Music Society’s concert series.
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Born July 12, 1988 |
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SEMI-FINALS
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH Sonata No. 1 for solo violin,
in G minor
BWV 1001
JOHANNES BRAHMS Sonata No. 3 in D minor, Op. 108
SCOTT GOOD And dreams rush forth to greet the distance
EUGÈNE YSAŸE Sonata in D minor Op. 27 No. 3 for solo
violin, “Ballade”
NICCOLÒ PAGANINI Caprice Op. 1 No. 24 in A minor
FINALS
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH Concerto No. 1 in A minor, Op.
77ADDITIONAL INFO
1- What do you like most about music? (Why did you
decide to become a violinist?)
Communication! With music, no words are needed. I
decided to be a violinist simply because I felt the
happiest when I was on the stage.
2- Which composers or what works are you particularly
drawn to? (What music would you bring with you to a
desert island?)
I have so many. Stravinsky, Mendelssohn, Mozart, Ravel,
Bartók, Tchaikovsky, Shostakovich, Brahms, Bach, etc.
3- Who are your favourite violinists (dead or alive)
and why?
I actually do not have a favourite violinist, but I like
most violinists for particular pieces. For example, I
love Maxim Vengerov’s Shostakovich Violin concerto,
Heifetz’s Scottish Fantasy, and I am in looove with Robi
Lakatos’ gypsy band stuff and Gidon Kremer’s Piazzolas.
4- What was your most intense musical moment
(positive or negative)?
Music in general is an intense experience for me:
playing solo with an orchestra, chamber music with my
awesome quartet, orchestra concert playing the Rite of
Spring, lessons, sonatas with many pianist friends...they
are all very intense and, in the same time, tremendous
amount of fun.
5- Do you have any hobbies or is there anything else
you would like to reveal about yourself?
I love swimming, reading, shopping, talking... I have
lots of hobbies and I love food.....yum.... |
