Jennifer Koh

She is renowned for her intense and commanding performances, delivered with dazzling virtuosity and technical assurance. She is a forward-thinking artist dedicated to exploring a broad and eclectic repertoire, while promoting equity and inclusion in classical music. She has expanded the contemporary violin repertoire through a wide range of commissioned projects and has premiered over 100 works written especially for her. Her pursuit of the new and unusual, her sense of endless curiosity, and her ability to lead and inspire a multitude of multidisciplinary collaborators truly set her apart.

This season, Koh performs solo works from her Alone Together series, a Grammy Award-winning commissioning project, performance and recording series in support of songwriters during the coronavirus crisis; performs his Bach and Beyond recital series, which traces the history of the solo violin repertoire from Bach's sonatas and partitas to pieces by composers of the 20th and 21st centuries; and performs works from his New American Concerto project, which invites a diverse collective of composers to examine sociocultural issues relevant to contemporary American life through the violin concerto. As part of the latter series, this season he performs Missy Mazzoli's violin concerto Procession with the Lahti Symphony Orchestra, Kansas City Symphony, Philadelphia Orchestra and Phoenix Symphony.

Koh regularly performs a wide range of concerts that reflect the breadth of his musical interests, from traditional to contemporary. This season he made his debut with the Boston Symphony Orchestra performing Bernstein's Serenade, conducted by Andris Nelsons. He has also performed with orchestras around the world, including the New York, Los Angeles and Helsinki Philharmonics; Cleveland, Mariinsky, Minnesota and Philharmonia Orchestras (London); and the Atlanta, Baltimore, BBC, Chicago, Cincinnati, National, New World, NHK, RAI (Torino) and Singapore symphonies.