Violinist SoHyun Ko, 18, currently studies under the guidance of Pinchas Zukerman and Patinka Kopec at the Manhattan School of Music as a full scholarship student. In 2014, the Stiftung Mozarteum in Austria invited 8-year-old Ko to Salzburg to perform on Mozart’s original violin at the Mozart Wohnhaus. The Austrian National Television (ORF) broadcasted her performance across Europe for three consecutive days. At 9, Ko met renowned violinist Pinchas Zukerman, a pivotal encounter that led to her ongoing studies with him. In 2016, they performed Bach’s Concerto for Two Violins together in Korea. In 2018, Ko reunited with Zukerman in a performance at Cadogan Hall in London, where she played Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Zukerman himself. As an attendee of the Heifetz International Music Institute, Ko has received a full scholarship every year since 2018.