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Hyoungjoon JoCellist · Abel Quartet

CelloAbel Quartet2027 Nova Lux Artist

Hyoungjoon Jo is an accomplished cellist who studied at leading European institutions, including the Dresden University of Music (Germany), as well as in Pavia (Italy) and Graz

As a founding member of the Abel Quartet, Jo won First Prize at the 2015 International Joseph Haydn Chamber Music Competition in Austria – the first Korean string quartet to do so. Now Principal Cellist of the Korean Chamber Orchestra, Jo performs at home and abroad as both a soloist and a chamber musician

Profile

EducationDresden University of Music · Pavia (Italy) · Soloist programme at the University of Music and Performing Arts Graz; chamber music studies in Munich, Basel and Vienna
TeachersKleif Carnarius · Emil Rovner · Enrico Dindo · Florian Kitt

Abel Quartet

  • 2013–presentCellist, Abel Quartet – founding member
  • 2015First Prize, International Joseph Haydn Chamber Music Competition, Austria (the first Korean string quartet to win) · Second Prize and Special Prize, Lyon International Chamber Music Competition, France
  • 2016Third Prize, Geneva International Music Competition (Switzerland) · Grand Prize, Art Sylvia Audition; Rising Star of the monthly magazine “Gaeksuk” · Kumho Art Hall Rising Star (the first string quartet selected)
  • 2023Debut album “In Nomine Domini” (Haydn string quartets, Sony)
  • Sep 2024Complete Mendelssohn string quartets, IBK Chamber Hall, Seoul Arts Center
  • 2025–2026Complete Beethoven string quartet cycle, IBK Chamber Hall, Seoul Arts Center (five concerts)
  • 2025Porsche Frontier Award, Music category, 3rd Seoul Culture and Arts Awards

Soloist & Orchestra

  • Third Prize, Karl Davydov International Cello Competition (Latvia); Third Prize, Thessaloniki International Chamber Music Competition (Greece); First Prize and Overall Grand Prize, Montalto Ligure International Music Competition (Italy)
  • PresentPrincipal Cellist, Korean Chamber Orchestra
  • Guest Principal Cellist with orchestras including the Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra, Daejeon Philharmonic Orchestra, Gangnam Symphony Orchestra, Ulsan Symphony Orchestra and Pohang Symphony Orchestra
  • Soloist with the Philharmonie Konstanz (Germany), Camerata de Reus (Spain), Incheon Philharmonic Orchestra and Korean National Police Symphony Orchestra, among others
  • Major Korean stages including the Tongyeong International Music Festival, the Seoul Arts Center International Music Festival and Symphony Festival, and the Seoul Spring Festival of Chamber Music

Teaching

  • PresentTeaches at Yewon School, Seoul Arts High School and Yonsei University