Biography
Samantha Cho
Korean-American pianist Samantha Cho is currently Professor of Piano Pedagogy SFCM . She has performed on San Francisco Symphony's SoundBox series, Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concert, Noontime Concert and Classical KING. Passionate about playing chamber music, Samantha has performed with members of the San Francisco Symphony, San Francisco Ballet Orchestra and Minnesota Orchestra. Her solo and chamber music recitals have been broadcast on ArteTV, WFMT, Classical KING, KTSF 26 and NBC Bay Area.
Samantha is also passionate about teaching students of all ages. She has held the position of Associate Faculty at Cabrillo College since 2022 and maintains a private piano studio in San Francisco Bay where she lives with her husband, daughter and cat.
Samantha received her BM at Northwestern University, MM at Cleveland Institute of Music and DMA at University of Minnesota. Born in Los Angeles, she began her childhood piano lessons with Robert Turner and continued her studies with Paul Schenly, Kathryn Brown, Sylvia Wang and Alexander Braginsky.