Brannon Cho

Birth date

Dec. 15, 1994


Country

United States



Biography


Studied at the Bienen School of Music of Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois under Prof. Hans Jørgen Jensen. In 2012 he won the Anna Johansen International Competition for Young String Players in Washington. In 2013 he took second place in the National YoungArts Foundation Music Competition in Miami and won the bronze medal at the 3rd Gaspar Cassadó International Violoncello Competition in Hachioji (Japan). He performs with many orchestras as soloist and recently gave a concert with the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra. In 2014 he was featured in an episode of the HBO series “Masterclass” with Joshua Bell with whom he later played chamber works in New York, London, Miami, and Washington. He plays cello made by Antonio Cassini in 1668.


Brannon in pictures