Pianist Tony Cho enjoys a multifaceted career in keyboard collaborative art as a recitalist and teacher, with broad experience as both a vocal/opera and instrumental chamber music coach. He has performed at Weill Carnegie Hall in New York City, Zipper Hall in Los Angeles, Ganz Hall in Chicago, Meany Hall in Seattle, the Honolulu Museum of Art, Harris Concert Hall in Aspen, and many others throughout the United States and abroad. His performances with various artists have been featured on WKCR New York, WVIZ Cleveland’s Ovations Series, WXOJ Northampton, and live on KVOD Denver, KHPR Honolulu, WVIK Quad Cities, and Maine Public Radio’s Tiny Screen Concert Series.

Together with his duo and chamber music partner, violinist David Bowlin, Cho has appeared at the Kneisel Hall and Bowdoin International Chamber Music Festivals, Credo Chamber Music, Chamber Music Quad Cities, the International Chamber Music Festival of Thessaloniki, and with Fermata Chamber Soloists in Boston, among others. Their recordings of violin-piano duo repertoire by Albert Roussel and Martin Bresnick can be found on the Naxos and New Focus labels.

Prior to joining the faculty at the Eastman School of Music, Cho had held vocal and chamber music coaching positions at The Juilliard School, the University of Southern California, Chapman University, and the Oberlin Conservatory. His summer festival faculty appointments have included the Hawaii Performing Arts Festival, Taos Opera Institute, and SongFest at the Colburn School. He attended the Aspen Music Festival as an opera coaching fellow for many summers, which launched an extensive career in opera as an assistant conductor and coach for over 70 productions at various schools and professional opera houses, including Central City Opera, Glimmerglass Opera, Hawaii Opera Theater, Long Beach Opera, Opera Santa Barbara, Sarasota Opera, Tulsa Opera, and Virginia Opera, and others. 

He has given masterclasses in piano, voice, and chamber music at many institutions in the U.S. and abroad, including the Norwegian Academy of Music in Oslo, the Ingesund School of Music in Arvika, Sweden, the Central Conservatory in Beijing, and at various universities in South Korea.

Originally from South Korea, Cho holds degrees in piano performance from the University of Washington and the University of Cincinnati, College-Conservatory of Music, as well as a bachelor’s degree with a minor in Spanish Literature from Oklahoma State University, where in 2017 he was honored with the Distinguished Music Alumnus Award. His principal teachers were Dr. Thomas Lanners, Frank Weinstock, Michael Chertock, and Craig Sheppard.