WOOYOUNG CHO

Wooyoung Cho was born in June 2000 in Seoul, South Korea. She is currently pursuing her Master’s degree at the New England Conservatory under Professor Wha Kyung Byun, and she is also scheduled to enter the Graduate Diploma program at the same institution. She previously earned her Bachelor’s degree from Seoul National University, where she studied with Professor Haeesung Joo, and has also received guidance from distinguished mentors such as Chungmo Kang, Eun Jung Sohn, and Kyung-ah Kim. In 2026, Wooyoung received Second Prize at both the American International Paderewski Piano Competition and the Lewisville Lake International Piano Competition. In 2025, she was awarded 1st Prize in the HKGNA International Music Competition. She was also selected to advance to the Live Screening Auditions of the Seventeenth Van Cliburn International Piano Competition. In 2024, Wooyoung reached the quarterfinals of the Leeds International Piano Competition, her first major international competition, placing among the top 24 competitors. That same year, she won the Promising Star Competition at the International Maestro Piano Festival in Taiwan, leading to a recital invitation at UCSI University in Malaysia and a performance of Prokofiev’s Piano Concerto No. 3 with the Taipei Symphony Orchestra. Wooyoung began studying piano at age seven and made her debut in 2016 with the Berlin Chamber Music Orchestra at the Berlin Philharmonic Hall. Since then, she has participated in global festivals and given acclaimed recitals in Korea.