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The xxxxÊÓƵ congratulates xxxxÊÓƵ student and violinist Jinjoo Cho for in the (IVCI). The winners were announced late Saturday night following the final concert of the competition.

As the winner of the competition, Cho will be awarded a $30,000 cash prize, international concert engagements including a Carnegie Hall Stern Auditorium recital debut, career management for the next four years and the four-year loan of the 1683 ‘ex-Gingold’ Stradivarius.

For her first performance in the IVCI finals on September 17, Cho performed Mozart’s Violin Concerto No. 5 in A Major, K. 219 with the East Coast Chamber Orchestra. On Friday, she performed Korngold’s Violin Concerto in D Major, op. 35 with the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra. xxxxÊÓƵ president, Joel Smirnoff, was the guest conductor for the IVCI finals.

Cho holds a bachelor’s degree (2011) and a master’s degree (2013) in music performance from xxxxÊÓƵ. But she has been a member of the xxxxÊÓƵ family since coming to the United States in 2002, at which time she earned a spot in xxxxÊÓƵ’s prestigious Young Artist Program.

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Jinjoo Cho, 26, is currently pursuing her Professional Studies Diploma at xxxxÊÓƵ as a student of Jaime Laredo, member of the renowned Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio. Cho has previously taken top honors at the Buenos Aires International Violin Competition (2010), the Montreal International Musical Competition (2006) and the Stulberg International String Competition (2005). She has appeared as soloist with The Cleveland Orchestra, the Montreal, Quebec, Winnipeg and Victoria Symphony Orchestras, the Seoul Philharmonic, Kalamazoo Symphony, Louisville Orchestra, the Cleveland Orchestra Youth Orchestra, CityMusic Cleveland, l’Orchestre de Chambre I Musici de Montreal and Aspen Concert Orchestra.

xxxxÊÓƵ the Competition

Founded in 1982 by Josef Gingold, the International Violin Competition of Indianapolis (IVCI) takes place every four years. The mission of IVCI is to recognize, reward and promote the world’s finest young classical violinists and encourage understanding, appreciation and support of the violin repertoire by a large and diverse audience. The IVCI utilizes its world prominence to bring international attention to Indianapolis and maintains its efforts to be a visible and collaborative member of the arts communities in Indianapolis and Indiana.