Ko So Hyun is a South Korean violinist. She started playing the violin at the age of three, performed with world-famous virtuoso Pincus Zuckerman at the age of 10 in 2016, and was praised by Zuckerman as a ‘miracle child with mysterious talent’.
In 2014, when Ko was eight years old, the Stiftung Mozarteum in Austria invited her to Salzburg to play Mozart’s original violin in the Mozart Wohnhaus. Her performances were recorded and broadcast throughout Europe by the Austrian National Broadcast ORF.
Sohyun first met Mr. Zukerman in 2015, and he has since been her mentor. She performed Bach’s Concerto for Two Violins alongside him in Korea in 2016. The performance received high praise and publicity. Sohyun also performed as a soloist under Mr. Zukerman’s baton in 2018, when she performed Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra at Cadogan Hall in London, and she entered `Manhattan School of Music` in NewYork (2019).
She studying violin at `Manhattan School of Music Precollege` with Mr. Pinchas Zukerman and Ms. Patinka Kopec.
Additionally, Sohyun has attended several prestigious music festivals, including: Heifetz Summer Institute (2018-2021), 2020 Classic Revolution hosted by Lotte Cultural Foundation, the Young Artist Program at the National Arts Centre in Canada (2017), Great Mountains Music Festival and School (2013-2015), and Busan Music Festival and School (2014-2015).
Sohyun has also received accolades in the following competitions: Adelphi Orchestra`s Young Artist Competition Winner (March 2020), First Prize in the 17th Korean Strad Concours (2015), First Prize in the 14th Korean Violin Competition with the Korean Chamber Orchestra (2013), and First Prize in the 40th Korean Violin Competition at the Hankook Ilbo for Children (2012).
She was recently selected as one of 200 guests at ‘The Call to Unite’ event, a 24-hour global live stream in May 2020. Guests at this event included three former US Presidents, Oprah Winfrey, Yo-Yo Ma, Avril Lavigne, Quincy Jones, and Deepak Chopra.
(Source: Sohyunko.com )
