Jun Cho

PIANO COLLABORATOR

Summer Music School
Sarasota Winter Residency
Israel Residency

Pianist Jun Cho has appeared as both solo and chamber musician in United States, Italy, Spain, and South Korea. He is largely active in New York City, performing a wide range of repertoire in venues including Carnegie Hall, Merkin Hall, and Lincoln Center. An avid collaborator, he frequently performs with musicians including Itzhak Perlman, Philippe Quint, Stefan Jackiw, Randall Goosby, JP Jofre, and the members of New York Philharmonic. Additionally, he regularly collaborates with Pedro Giraudo Tango Quartet, the latest recipient of the Latin Grammy Award, performing an array of Tango music in some of New York’s popular clubs such as the Iridium and Barbès.  

In the past, Jun has given extensive collaborative performances at the Aspen Music Festival and the Sejong Music Festival, and served as a piano faculty at the Heifetz Institute. He is currently an artist-faculty member at the Perlman Music Program, and the studio pianist of violinist Itzhak Perlman at the Juilliard School.

Jun is also a founding member of New York in Chuncheon, a music festival housed in the city of Chuncheon, South Korea. The festival, comprised of various musicians of New York City, such as the members of Brooklyn Rider, Attaca Quartet, and Sybarite 5, produced yearly chamber music concerts since 2012. Furthermore, the festival’s outreach program, which includes masterclasses and various mentorship activities, helps to nurture the city’s aspiring musicians.  

Jun received his bachelor’s and master’s degrees at The Juilliard School, and doctoral degree from the Shepherd School of Music at Rice University. His mentors include Julian Martin, Jon Kimura Parker, and Seymour Bernstein.