ENCORE Chamber Music Institute: Trio Seoul

Trio Seoul was founded in 2022 by violinist Jinjoo Cho, cellist Brannon Cho, and pianist Kyu Yeon Kim—artists who together hold more than 20 international competition prizes and distinctions. The ensemble was formed with a shared vision of 21st-century artistry, uniting three acclaimed soloists who are equally at home on the world’s greatest concert stages and in multidisciplinary collaborations with composers, choreographers, writers, and visual artists.

Trio Seoul has been presented by leading concert series and institutions across North America and Asia, including ENCORE Chamber Music Institute in Northeast Ohio, Hudson Valley Chamber Music Circle at Bard College, the Linton Chamber Music Series in Cincinnati, the Harvard Musical Association in Boston, the Vancouver Chamber Music Society, and Kumho Art Hall in Seoul. In the upcoming 2025–26 season, the trio appears at the Winter Chamber Music Festival at Northwestern University’s Bienen School of Music, Cecilia Concerts in Halifax, and ESQYRE at the Wayne Center for the Arts in Wooster, Ohio.

Named after Seoul, a city that embodies both the ensemble’s cultural heritage and artistic energy, Trio Seoul channels a dynamic voice grounded in tradition and driven by curiosity, innovation, and expressive depth.

Program:

Joseph Haydn: Piano Trio No. 39 in G Major, Hob. XV:25 “Gypsy”
Juri Seo: “July Mountain”
Franz Liszt: Tristia (After Vallée d’Obermann), S. 723c
Maurice Ravel: Trio for Piano, Violin, and Cello in A Minor, M. 67

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