Hyejin Cho enjoys a flourishing career as a soloist and chamber musician, performing in concerts across the U.S., Europe, and Asia. Rooted in her long-standing passion for the music of Robert Schumann, she developed a multi-state concert series devoted to his piano works, supported by the Missouri Arts Council, the Kate Neal Kinley Memorial Fellowship (University of Illinois), the University of Michigan Research Grant, OMF Music Resources, and the Stateline Music Foundation. Her Schumann performances and interviews have been broadcast worldwide on Parma Recordings Live Stage and featured nationally and regionally through outlets such as the Dame Myra Hess Concert Series on WFMT 98.7FM, the Wheaton College Artist Series, and KOPN Columbia 89.5FM, among others.

In addition, Cho’s artistic and research projects center on promoting the works of women composers and creating an equal platform for their music. Her work has focused on Cécile Chaminade, Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel, Madeline Dring, and Vivian Fine, including a recording of Fine’s chamber works released on Albany Records. Drawing on her ongoing research on Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel, she launched The Mendelssohns, a project that celebrates Fanny’s distinctive musical voice and explores the Mendelssohn siblings’ stylistic connections, with a special focus on the Easter Sonata for Piano—a masterpiece lost for over 150 years and once mistakenly attributed to Felix. This project has been presented at the American Liszt Society Festival 2025: Liszt and Women (TN), the MasterWorks Festival (VA), the Musicians Club of Women (IL), and the Ewha Womans University Alumni Association.

Along with her solo career, Cho is very passionate about chamber music, with extensive collaborative performance experiences. She is a founding member of the American Prize winning Koinonia Piano Trio, which has performed in the U.S., Europe, and Asia. Also, she has collaborated with artists such as David Halen, Jonathan Ruck, Arianna String Quartet, and members of the Cleveland Orchestra, St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, and Kansas City Symphony, among others. Her passion for collaboration has taken her to numerous music festivals, including the Innsbrook Institute (MO), Maui Classical Music Festival (HI), Brightmusic Summer Festival (OK), Anchorage Chamber Music Festival (AK), and Center Stage Strings (MI).

Cho and Dr. Jun-Hee Han co-founded the Lucerna Music Foundation to bring high-quality music education and performances to communities with limited access to the arts. Their extensive work in Freeport—through the Community Concert Series, the Freeport Art Museum, and an outreach performance for 350 students at Blackhawk Elementary—shaped their commitment to the community by giving back. This project has expanded to inspire and enrich underserved communities in Northwest Illinois and beyond.

Cho holds degrees from the University of Michigan (DMA in Piano, MM in Chamber Music), Indiana University (MM and AD in Piano), and Ewha Womans University (BM in Piano, Valedictorian, Korea). Her primary teachers were Menahem Pressler and Christopher Harding.

An enthusiastic educator, Cho teaches at the Wheaton College Conservatory of Music.