First Prize
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Jinjoo
Cho

South Korea

Jinjoo Cho is currently studying at the Cleveland Institute of Music with Paul Kantor. She won the gold medal at the Stulberg International String Competition and has performed in concert with the Cleveland Orchestra, the Cleveland Orchestra Youth Orchestra, the Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra, the Kalamazoo Symphony and the Aspen Orchestra, under the batons of such conductors as Peter Oundjian, Steven Smith and James Gaffigan. Jinjoo Cho is also first solo violin with the Cleveland Orchestra Youth Orchestra and a chamber musician with the Wo-Men String Quartet, an ensemble that won the Ohio Orchestra & String Teachers Association Chamber Music Competition and recently performed in the Cleveland Chamber Music Society’s concert series.

Last modified: 2006

First Prize

  • Grand Cash Prize

    $25,000

    granted by the Quebec Government

Special prizes

  • People’s Choice Award ​“A Tribute to Gilles Lefebvre”

    $2,500

    granted by Hydro-Québec

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