Daniel Cho 1st Concertmaster of the Hamburg Philharmonic State Orchestra
The 27-year-old American-Korean violinist and Eisler student Daniel Cho will be 1st Concertmaster of the Hamburg Philharmonic State Orchestra, which is directed by GMD Kent Nagano, from the 21|22 season. Daniel Cho studied at the Juilliard School in New York and completed his master's degree with Prof. Kolja Blacher since 2017.
Daniel Cho was born in New Jersey (USA) and began playing the violin in South Korea at the age of six. He has won numerous international competitions, including the Max Rostal Competition 2019. As a soloist, he has played with orchestras such as the Hamburger Camerata, the Bucheon Philharmonic Orchestra and the Sejong Soloists. In 2010 he made his debut in the Weill Hall of New York's Carnegie Hall. In 2013 he made his European debut at the Musée du Louvre in Paris as part of the “Concerts du Jeudi”. Daniel Cho is a member of the Sejong Soloists and has worked closely with artists such as Gil Shaham, Cho-Liang Lin and Vadim Repin. As concertmaster he played with the Juilliard Orchestra, the Verbier Festival Orchestra and the Budapest Festival Orchestra.