Eunae Koh
Violin
Violinist Eunae Koh is an active member of the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra (SPCO), where she regularly performs as a featured soloist and Creative Lead. As an educator, she served as Assistant Professor of Violin at Chapman University, where she developed a unique pedagogy curriculum, taught undergraduate violin students, and co-directed the chamber music program. During the summers, Eunae serves as faculty at the Yellow Barn Music Festival’s Young Artists Program.
Originally from South Korea, Eunae made her concerto debut at 9 years old with the Seoul Symphony Orchestra and quickly gained recognition after winning numerous national competitions. Following a Special Prize award at the 2011 Isang Yun International Competition,she made her U.S. debut performing the Brahms Concerto with the New England Conservatory Symphony Orchestra. Her performance of the same concerto with the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra at the Michael Hill International Competition was acclaimed for its “beauty, bending the world to its will,” culminating in Second Prize and Chamber Music Prize awards.
At the SPCO, Eunae led solo unconducted performances of Haydn’s G Major Concerto, Vivaldi’s Four Seasons, B minor Concerto, and Mozart’s Sinfonia Concertante. As one of the orchestra’s first Creative Leads, she curated "Romantic Landscapes with Eunae Koh," a chamber music program lauded for its programming and emotional depth by the Twin Cities Pioneer Press. She also collaborated closely with renowned artists including Anne-Marie McDermott and Abel Selacoe.
Beyond her work with the SPCO, Eunae has appeared as soloist with orchestras including theNew England Symphony Orchestra, Colby Symphony Orchestra, Korean Chamber Orchestra,Sendai Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra and Seoul Symphony Orchestra. She has also led from the concertmaster chair of the Hwaum Boston Chamber Orchestra, New York Classical Players, and Symphony in C. Her performances have taken her to Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, and stages across Germany, Japan, Korea, and New Zealand.
Eunae earned her Doctor of Musical Arts at the Manhattan School of Music under the guidance of Mark Steinberg. Her dissertation, "The Violin Poème as Hybrid Genre," delves into the works of Ysaÿe, Chausson, and Bloch. She obtained a Master of Music and Graduate Diploma with the Presidential Scholarship at the New England Conservatory and a Bachelor of Music from Seoul National University. During this time, she taught undergraduate and graduate students as a teaching assistant of Donald Weilerstein and Young Uck Kim.

