Brian Cho

Brian Cho, based out of Toronto, Ontario, is a seasoned collaborator and active repetiteur. He is currently an intern coach and staff pianist at the Canadian Opera Company under the mentorship of Liz Upchurch. Cho's talent has been recognized through various prestigious fellowships; In 2019, he was a fellow with the Magisterra Soloists, in 2021, a collaborative piano fellow at the Académie Orford Musique, and in 2023 he attended the Music Academy of the West as a vocal piano fellow where he was a winner of the Marilyn Horne Song Competition. Cho has been nominated twice for classical musician of the year at the London Forest City Music Awards in recognition for his work co-founding the not-for-profit opera organization "Can of Soup Collective". Brian Cho earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees at the University of Western Ontario studying with Leslie Kinton, Tina Yanchus, John Hess, and Marianna Chibotar-Rutkevich.