Tony Cho

Pianist Tony Cho, a native of South Korea, is an accomplished musician with extensive experience as a solo pianist, vocal/instrumental collaborator, and opera coach.  His performances include concerts at Weill Recital Hall of Carnegie Hall in New York City, Meany Hall in Seattle, Harris Concert Hall in Aspen, and Doris Duke Theatre at Honolulu Academy of Arts in Hawaii.  He has also been a guest artist in many music festivals, including the International Young Pianist Festival in Palos Verdes (El Festival International de J—venes Pian’stas) and the Italian Art Week Festival in Asunci—n, Paraguay.

As an opera coach, he has collaborated in main productions at such opera companies as Aspen Opera Theatre Center, Central City Opera, Hawaii Opera Theatre, Juilliard Opera Center, Virginia Opera, and the Opera Theatre of Lucca in Italy, working closely with such esteemed conductors as Robert Spano, Harry Bicket, George Manahan, Ed Spanjaard, Gary Thor Wedow, Kenneth Merrill, and Richard Bado.  He has also served as music director of Virginia Opera's Spectrum Resident Artists, Hawaii Opera Theatre's Opera Residency, and Glimmerglass Opera's American Young Artists Concert Tour.

He earned his Doctor of Musical Arts in Piano Performance from the University of Washington, where he was a graduate staff vocal accompanist; a Master's Degree from the University of Cincinnati, College-Conservatory of Music; and a Bachelor's Degree cum laude from Oklahoma State University with a minor in Organ and Spanish Literature.  His principal teachers were Dr. Thomas Lanners, Frank Weinstock, Michael Chertock, and Craig Sheppard.

A former member of music staff at the Juilliard School, Dr. Cho joins Chapman University as an Adjunct Faculty, where he will be serving as an opera coach.