Sungho Yoo

Sungho Yoo was born in 1996 in Seoul, Republic of Korea. He has had a deep passion for music since he began studying piano at the age of 7. He graduated at the top of his graduating year with his Bachelor’s degree and Master’s degree at the Korea National University of Arts under the guidance of Daejin Kim and then he also graduated with his Master’s Degree at the New England Conservatory under the guidance of Dang Thai Son. He is currently pursuing the Konzertexamen under the guidance of Prof. Arie Vardi at the Hochschule für Musik, Theater und Medien Hannover in Germany. He has recently captured attention on the global stage by winning a special prize at the 2018 Geneva International Music Competition. His other accolades include a prize at the 2020 Seoul International Music Competition. His performance in Moscow with the Novaya Rossiya State Symphony Orchestra, where legendary conductor Yuri Bashmet is an artistic director, received great acclaim from local audiences. He has also performed iconic pieces with numerous orchestras, including Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No.2 with the DITTO Orchestra, Beethoven’s Concerto No.3 for the Tongyeong Festival Orchestra, Prokofiev’s Piano Concerto No.2 with the KBS Symphony Orchestra, Mendelssohn’s Concerto No.1 for Confero Camerata, and Schumann’s Concerto with both the KNUA Symphony Orchestra and the Gunpo Prime Philharmonic Orchestra. He has also won the President’s Award for his contributions as a student to the development of the school at the Korea National University of Arts in 2019. He has demonstrated his versatility and showed his wide range at several performances at various music festivals, such as the Seoul International Music Festival and M Classical Music Festival in Seoul.