Born in Davis, California, Korean-American cellist  Eunghee Cho was awarded Second Prize and the special award for Outstanding Chinese New Piece Performance at the Alice & Eleonore Schoenfeld International String Competition (China). He has also earned top prizes in the USC Solo Bach Competition, the Borromeo String Quartet Guest Artist Award, Chamber Music Yellow Springs Competition, Gustav Mahler Prize Cello Competition (Czech Republic), MTNA National Chamber Music String Competition, AEMC International Chamber Music Competition (Italy), New England Conservatory’s Honors Ensemble Competition, and Sacramento Philharmonic League Concerto Competition.

Eunghee maintains a vibrant cello studio in Houston where he serves on the cello and chamber music faculty at University of Houston’s Moores School of Music. He has been invited to present masterclasses for Towson University, La Jolla Music Society, Walnut Hill School for the Arts, Artis Naples, Royal Conservatory of Music, and Martha’s Vineyard Chamber Music Society, and is the Artistic Director of Mellon Music Festival in Davis, CA as well as the Houston Chapter of Music for Food.

Eunghee graduated magna cum laude and as a Steven & Kathryn Sample Renaissance Scholar from the Thornton School of Music at the University of Southern California with a Bachelor of Music in Cello Performance and a Minor in Biology. He completed both Master of Music and Doctor of Musical Arts degrees at New England Conservatory under the tutelage of distinguished pedagogues Laurence Lesser and Paul Katz. His previous instructors include Andrew Shulman, Andrew Luchansky, Richard Andaya, and Julie Hochman. Away from the cello, Eunghee enjoys neighborhood pick-up soccer, everything about dogs, and dawdling in local coffee shops.