Violinist Eunae Koh, described as “Technically unflappable, a model of poise and empathy” in The Minnesota Star Tribune, enjoys a fulfilling career as a soloist, chamber musician, and teacher. An active member of the Grammy Award winning Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra (SPCO) since 2019, she has regularly performed as a featured soloist and Creative Lead. From 2024-2025, Ms. Koh 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, she serves as faculty-artist at the Yellow Barn Music Festival’s Young Artists Program and regularly teaches masterclasses at the Seoul Central Conservatory.

Originally from South Korea, Ms. Koh made her concerto debut at the age of 9 with the Seoul Symphony Orchestra and won numerous national competitions. After taking the Special Prize at the Isang Yun International Competition in 2011, she began to build her international career. Soon after coming to the United States in 2013, she made her U.S. debut performing the Brahms Concerto in Jordan Hall with the New England Conservatory Symphony Orchestra. Her performance of the same concerto 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. She was an active multi-year member on the Artistic Vision Committee, shaping the orchestra’s season programming, and as one of the first Creative Leads, 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 with renowned artists Joshua Bell, Tabea Zimmermann, Richard Goode, Anne-Marie McDermott, and Abel Selacoe.

Ms. Koh has performed with the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, A Far Cry, Jupiter Symphony Chamber Players, and Chameleon Arts Ensemble, as well as led from the concertmaster chair of the Hwaum Boston Chamber Orchestra, the New York Classical Players, and Symphony in C. Her solo and chamber appearances have taken her to Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, and Jordan Hall, and stages across Germany, Japan, Korea, and New Zealand.

Eunae Koh 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.