Hye-Won Cho

Dr. Hye-Won Cho’s brilliant technique and sensitive musicality have garnered her countless accolades worldwide. As the first-prize winner of the Los Angeles International Liszt Competition, Dr. Cho presented an all-Liszt recital program at the Liszt Ferenc Centre in Budapest, Hungary, in addition to various recitals throughout Los Angeles. Dr. Cho is also the grand prize winner of the Peninsula Young Artist International Competition and received the top prize at the ARTS Competition, sponsored by the National Foundation for Advancement in Arts in Miami Florida.

In addition to her competitive success, Dr. Cho has also performed as a recitalist, chamber musician, and soloist with orchestra in numerous prestigious venues around the world. She has performed in Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center and the Juilliard Theatre in New York; Walt Disney Concert Hall, Wilshire-Ebell Theater, Zipper Hall, and Schoenberg Hall in Los Angeles; and the Gewanthaus in Leipzig, Germany. Dr. Cho also performed on the prestigious Myra Hess concert series at Preston Bradley Hall in Chicago. Her performances have been broadcast on National Public Radio, WFMT 98.7 in Chicago, and KUSC 91.5 FM in Los Angeles.

Dr. Cho has appeared as a soloist with numerous orchestras, including the La Mirada Symphony, the Brentwood-Westwood Symphony, the YMF Debut Orchestra, the UCLA Philharmonia, the Los Angeles Sinfonietta, and the LA Doctors Symphony. She has also performed in such prestigious music festivals as the Kniesel Hall Chamber Music Festival in Maine, the Yellowbarn Chamber Music Festival in Vermont, and the Banff Music Festival in Banff, Canada. Dr. Cho’s major teachers include Ick-Choo Moon, Jerome Lowenthal, Robert McDonald, and Walter Ponce. She received both a bachelor's and a Master of Music degrees as a scholarship student from the Juilliard School in New York and a Doctor of Musical Arts degree at the University of California, Los Angeles. Dr. Cho has previously served on the piano faculty at Occidental College and is currently a member of the piano faculty at Biola University. Additionally, she has a private piano studio in Orange County.