Cho, Brian

Pianist
(Toronto, Ontario, Canada)

Celebrated for his dynamic artistry and collaborative versatility, pianist and coach Brian Cho is a first-year Adler at San Francisco Opera. This season at SFO he serves on the music staff for Bohème Out of the Box, Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Mary Queen of Scots, and Manon. In the summer of 2025, he was a participant in the Merola Opera Program. From 2022 to 2025, he served as a Studio Ensemble Répétiteur and Intern Coach with the Canadian Opera Company, where he assisted on productions including Faust, Don Pasquale, The Cunning Little Vixen, Fidelio, Macbeth, and Le Nozze di Figaro under conductors including Johannes Debus, Speranza Scappucci, and Harry Bicket. A passionate advocate for new and diverse voices in opera, he co-founded the Can of Soup Collective, where he led performances of Menotti’s The Medium and Hoiby’s Bon Appétit!.

Recent highlights include performing Orff’s Carmina Burana with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra for its season-opening concerts and serving as a Vocal Piano Fellow at the Music Academy of the West, where he worked with renowned mentors including Martin Katz, Margo Garrett, Tamar Sanikidze, and John Churchwell.

Cho is the winner of the 2023 Marilyn Horne Song Competition and recipient of the Patricia and Nicholas Weber Scholarship. He was also a Dr. Sherwood Fox Music Fellow and graduated on the Dean’s Honor List at the University of Western Ontario, where he earned both Bachelor of Music and Master of Music degrees.