Korean-Canadian Bass Won Cho is in demand in both concert and operatic repertoire worldwide thanks to his energetic voice and strong stage presence, appearing with many of the opera houses and orchestras of the U.S., Canada, Europe, Mid East, and Asia. Critics hailed Cho’s performances as “Expertly played whose deep tones vibrate the seats”, “One wished the score let him sing his overcoat aria twice”, “Won Cho steal(s) the show”, “Deep resonant mellifluous sound", "He sang with a grave, classic beauty", “A particularly dark, melodic yet rafter-ringing bass that is worth the price of admission all by itself”. He was the 3rd prizewinner of the 31st Vincenzo Bellini International Opera Competition in Italy where Dame. Joan Sutherland was the chair adjudicator, 1st prizewinner of The Artist International Music Competition in Toronto, Canada, and a Regional Finalist at The Metropolitan Opera's National Council Audition. His performances in the past few years included his debut appearance at Carnegie Hall in New York City as a bass soloist in Mozart's Requiem, operatic roles in Il Barbiere di Siviglia, La bohème, Die Entführung aus dem Serail, Don Giovanni, his Mexican debut in Die Zauberflöte with the Xalapa Symphony Orchestra, Beethoven's Mass in C & Brucker’s Te Deum with the Palm Beach Symphony, Messiah & Mozart Requiem in Korea, Brahms Requiem in NY & FL, The Creation in Toronto, Missa Solemnis & Lord Nelson Mass at Esterházy Palace in Austria, Bach Cantata with The Florida Orchestra, L'incoronazione di Poppea in Texas, Madama Buttefly & Così fan tutte with Opera Tampa, Carmen, Madama Butterfly, Rigoletto, The Magic Flute, & Hamlet with Opera Birmingham, and Recitals & Lecture-recitals in Tampa, Orlando, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Korea, China, Japan, Cambodia, Thailand, Serbia, Austria, Hungary, Italy, and Luxembourg. His 2016-2017 engagements included Timur in Turandot with Opera Naples FL, Messiah with Alabama Symphony Orchestra, and Roméo et Juliette with Opera Tampa, Lecture-Recital on Spirituals in Birmingham, Korean Art Song recitals at USF, UC Irvine, Irvine Korean Arts Festival, & in Korea as well as concerts in China and Italy. In 2017-2018 season, he performed with Opera Birmingham in Roméo et Juliette, Alabama Symphony Orchestra again in Messiah & Bach’s Magnificat, concerts in Italy, Germany, Ohio, and New York. His recent engagements were several lecture-recitals on Spirituals in Korea, Lecture-Recitals on Korean Songs in Kazakhstan, and concerts in China & at Italy’s Assisi Music Festival. He is also an accomplished voice teacher and opera director with over 30 operas and opera scene under his directing and producing credit. Dr. Cho studied at Manhattan School of Music, Boston University, and University of Memphis. His teaching credentials included Artist-Faculty at Vianden International Music Festival & Nei Stëmmen International Voice Institute in Luxembourg and Yanbian University in China as well as master classes in several universities in the US and abroad. He has served as a faculty at University of Northern Iowa (Voice), State University of New York in Fredonia (Voice / Opera), University of South Florida (Voice/Opera), and is currently an Associate Professor of Voice at UAB.