Sohyun Ko

About

Highly decorated violinist sensation who was performed and trained under the mentorship of legendary composer Pinchas Zukerman since the young age of 10. Her performances have been featured on the Australian National Broadcast ORF and she has performed at notable music festivals like the Heifetz Summer Institute and the Great Mountains Music Festival. She rose to fame after a clip shared by the TwoSet Violin YouTube channel, featuring her playing "Zigeunerweisen" by Pablo de Sarasate went viral in 2019. 

Before Fame

She first started playing the violin when she was just 3 years old before she was enrolled at the Korea National Institute for the Gifted in Arts at the age of 4. She graduated from the Heifetz International Music Institute's Program for the Exceptionally Gifted. After meeting her mentor Pincus Zuckerman in 2015, she went on to perform pieces at the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra at Cadogan Hall and enroll in the Manhattan School of Music Precollege. 

Trivia

She was honored with the opportunity to play Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's own personal violin after the prized possession was brought from his home in Vienna, Austria, when she was just eight years of age. She has won countless competitions and accolades, including the Korean Violin Competition of the Korean Chamber Orchestra and the Adelphi Orchestra Young Artist Competition.

Family Life

She was born and raised in South Korea.

Associated With

She was named on the 2020 Singapore Piano Hub list of 5 Child Prodigies to Look Out For, along with fellow wunderkinds including composer Alma Elizabeth Deutscher, guitarist Brandon Niederauer, and singer Angelina Jordan.