Wooyoung Cho

Wooyoung Cho, born in June 2000 in Seoul, South Korea, is a Korean pianist currently pursuing her Master’s degree at the New England Conservatory, where she studies under Professor Wha Kyung Byun. She earned her Bachelor’s degree from Seoul National University, studying with Professor Haeesung Joo. Wooyoung has distinguished herself in several major international competitions. In 2025, she won First Prize at the HGGNA International Music Competition and was selected to advance to the Live Screening Auditions of the Seventeenth Van Cliburn International Piano Competition. In 2024, she reached the quarterfinals of the Leeds International Piano Competition, her first major international competition, placing among the top 24 pianists. That same year, she won the Promising Star Competition at the International Maestro Piano Festival in Taiwan, which led to an invitation to present a solo recital at UCSI University in Malaysia. In January 2025, she performed Prokofiev’s Piano Concerto No. 3 with the Taipei Symphony Orchestra at one of Taiwan’s most prestigious concert halls. Wooyoung began studying piano at the age of seven and entered formal pre-professional training as a piano major at twelve. A pivotal moment in her artistic development came in 2016, when she made her orchestral debut with the Berlin Chamber Music Orchestra at the Berlin Philharmonic Hall. This experience inspired her to pursue an international performing career. She has since participated in numerous music festivals and workshops worldwide, including the International Maestro Piano Festival, the Edward Auer Workshop, the Amalfi Coast Music Festival, and Poland’s BelEur ICPA. In Korea, she has presented acclaimed solo recitals through the Kumho Young Artist and Kumho Young Prodigy Concert series, and has received prizes in several major national competitions.