Symphony by the Sea Presents: Glorious Vienna

Born in Davis, California, American cellist Eunghee Cho was recently award Second Prize and the special award for Outstanding Chinese New Piece Performance at the Alice and Eleonore Schoenfeld International String Competition. He recently graduated magna cum laude and as a Steven & Kathryn Sample Renaissance Scholar from the Flora L. Thornton School of Music at the University of Southern California with a Bachelor of Music in Cello Performance and a Minor in Natural Sciences. He has appeared as soloist with the Sacramento Philharmonic Orchestra and on numerous occasions with the Sacramento State University Symphony. Performance venues include the Robert & Margrit Mondavi Center in Davis, San Francisco’s Davies Symphony Hall, the Philharmonie in Berlin, Munich’s Gasteig, and West Hollywood’s Troubadour. Eunghee has actively participated in classes at the Piatigorsky International Cello Festival and Academie Musicale de Villecroze. He has worked closely with distinguished professors such as Steven Doane, Colin Carr, Norman Fischer, Jean-Guihen Queyras, and members of the Guarneri, Emerson, Tokyo, Orion, and Alexander quartets in master classes.