MIN-JEONG KOH, VIOLIN

Korean-Canadian violinist Min-Jeong Koh joined the Cecilia Quartet in 2007. First prize winners of the 2010 Banff International String Quartet Competition, she has toured widely with the ensemble in Amsterdam's Concertgebouw, Berlin Konzerthaus, Music Toronto, La Jolla Music Society, and the Ottawa International Chamber Music Festival. Upcoming performances include dates in London's Wigmore Hall and a tour of Easter Canada with the Jeunesses Musicales du Canada.

Before she decided to spend every day of her life with these fine three ladies, Min was a top prize winner of the 2006 Eckhardt-Gramatté Competition, where she was also awarded the Prize for Best Performance of the Commissioned Piece, a winner of the Galaxie-Rising Stars Program from the CBC, the Kathleen Parlow Concerto Competition, as well as the Felix Galimir Award for Chamber Music Excellence. More recently, Min was a winner at Canada Council's 2009 Musical Instrument Bank Competition for the Arts, which won her the use of a ca. 1767 Joannes Baptista Guadagnini violin.

As a soloist, Min has appeared with the Banff Festival Orchestra, Toronto Youth String Orchestra, North York Concert Orchestra, Mooredale Concerto Players, University of Toronto Symphony Orchestra, and with Via Salzburg. She holds a Bachelor of Music from University of Toronto and a Masters of Music Degree from San Diego State University. She has also studied at McGill University and at the New England Conservatory of Music. Her former teachers include Lorand Fenyves, Erika Raum, Scott St. John, Mayumi
Seiler and Hyung Sun Paik. When she is not with Sarah, Caitlin, or Rachel, Min can be found roaming the halls in University of Toronto, where she is pursuing a Doctor of Musical Arts Degree.