Brannon Cho, cello
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In 2015, Brannon won 2nd prize at the Naumburg International Cello Competition!
Meet Brannon
Brannon performed on Show 231 recorded in New York, NY, on April 10, 2011, at age 16. He also performed on Show 322 in Davis, CA, on March 18, 2016, as part of a piano trio with fellow alum Alexi Kenney.
Show 322 bio:
Brannon Cho (cello), is an undergraduate student at the Bienan School of Music at Northwestern University, studying with Hans Jensen. Brannon appeared on NPR’s From the Top with Host Christopher O’Riley on show 231 in New York City in 2011. He received second prize at the 2015 Naumberg International Cello Competition and first prize at the 2015 Minnesota Orchestra Competition. Recently, Brannon was the highest ranked American in the cello division of the 2015 International Tchaikovsky Competition in Russia.
Listen to Brannon
Show 322, Davis, CA
II. Allegretto grazioso from Piano Trio No.3 in F minor, Op.65, by Antonín Dvořák
Show 231, New York, NY
Romanian Folk Dances by Béla Bartók
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