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Flutist Jin Cho specializes in historical and contemporary performance on baroque flute, modern
flute and Korean daegeum. Born and raised in South Korea, Jin started learning flute under his
father’s influence who was a singer and a music teacher at junior highschool. After some years
of studies and achievements through competitions in Korea, Jin left home to study at the
University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna. After a year of study, he left Vienna, went to the
States and completed his undergraduate study at the Peabody Conservatory of Johns Hopkins
University where he also received Master’s degree and Artist Diploma in modern flute
performance. During his study in the U.S, Jin was introduced to baroque flute and he went on to
study historical performance at the master’s level at the University of Toronto, where he also
started to collaborate with contemporary composers and experiment with new techniques that
expand the expressive range of the Baroque flute as well as making arrangements of J.S Bach
keyboard works for flute and guitar duo. In between his studies, Jin was a recipient of Rebanks
International Fellowship at the Royal Conservatory of Music and commissioned four new
chamber works featuring different characters of the modern flute family.
Jin is currently based in Toronto, where he performs as a soloist and ensemble musician. Jin
has performed with the Toronto Bach Festival, Missisauga Symphony Orchestra, Georgetown Bach Chorale, 21C Festival,
L’Orchestre de la Francophonie, Baltimore Baroque Band, Symphony Number One, Bel Cantati
Opera, Aspen New Music Ensemble and Lucerne Festival Alumni Ensemble in addition to solo
and chamber music performances in South Korea, Canada, United States, Austria, South
Africa, India, China, Switzerland, Germany, France and Italy.