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Young Hyun Cho is an American pianist and educator. Young Hyun Cho currently serves as associate professor of piano at Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan. Prior to MSU, she served as an associate professor of piano at University of Texas at Arlington.

Early life and education
Cho was born and raised in Korea. She received her Bachelor of Music in Piano Performance from Seoul National University in 1999. She then moved to the United States where she received a Master of Music in Piano Performance in 2001 and Graduate Performance Diploma in Piano Performance in 2002, both from Peabody Conservatory of Johns Hopkins University. In 2008, she received a Doctor of Musical Arts in Piano Performance and Literature from Eastman School of Music, University of Rochester.

Career
In 2008, Cho joined University of Texas at Arlington as an Assistant Professor of Music, becoming Associate Professor in 2017. In 2017, she left University of Texas at Arlington to join Michigan State University as an Associate Professor of Piano.

Cho has performed as a featured soloist with Orquesta Sinfonica de la Region de Murcia of Spain, Budapest Symphony Chamber Orchestra MAV, Korean Broadcasting System Symphony Orchestra, Seoul National Symphony Orchestra, Eurasian Philharmonic Orchestra and New Philharmonic Orchestra of Irving.

Cho has also performed at many institutes and universities as a guest faculty artist including Baylor University, Texas A&M University, California State University at Long Beach, University-College Sedaya International in Malaysia, Goethe Institut in Thailand, Guangzhou Open University

She has performed in Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Korea, Malaysia, Spain, Thailand, and throughout the United States. '

Recent reviews on her piano playing include the Aachen Zeitung of Germany: "Hohe Kunst auf den Tasten" (High Art on the Keys), "Hoch anspruchsvolles Repertoire vorgetragen in selten zu horender Perfektion" (A highly challenging repertoire presented with a rare to hear perfection), "Hochkaratigen Klavierkonzert" (a high-profile piano concert).

In 2016, reviewing her performance at Schlosskapelle der Zitadelle, Aichen Zeitung wrote that "Young-Hyun Cho captivated her audience with her pianistic art, her great musical expression and her artistic charisma. She gave her enthusiastic audience complete musical enjoyment. The next year she again performed at Schlosskapelle der Zitadelle. Writing about the performance, wrote that "The classically structured sonata movement sounds like a great romantic character piece, among other things due to ever smaller note values in constantly varying bar patterns. In perfection, Young-Hyun Cho worked out the masterly technique of composition, again and again with the spreading of the right hand on the piano."

Awards and hononrs
Research Travel Fund, Michigan State University, College of Music, 2019 McDowell Faculty Research Funds, University of Texas at Arlington, 2012-2013 Virginia Waring International Piano Competition, Artistic Achievement Certificate, April 2009 Orchestra Festival of Seoul Arts Center audition by Seoul Arts Center, Second Prize, December 2005 Louisiana International Piano Competition, Prize for Best Performance of Contemporary Music, October 2005 Seiler International Piano Competition, one of twelve semifinalists, Kitzingen, Germany, June 2005 Virginia Waring International Piano Competition, one of the six semifinalists, California, January 2005 Career Development Grant, Eastman School of Music, 2005-2006 Eastman Concerto Competition, First Prize, Eastman School of Music, Rochester, New York, March 2004

Korean Broadcasting System Symphony Orchestra Music Competition, Silver Prize, December 1998 Seoul National Symphony Orchestra Music Competition, First Prize, October 1998