Leland Ko holds a bachelor’s degree in German literature from Princeton, a master’s in music from The Juilliard School and an Artist Diploma from the New England Conservatory. He is a first-prize winner of the Concours Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal, the Concert Artists Guild Louis and Susan Meisel Competition, and the Walter W. Naumburg International Cello Competition. He has performed in venues across America and abroad, from Carnegie Hall in New York to the Maison Symphonique in Montréal. Recent engagements include the Foundation for Chinese Performing Arts, Pro Musica San Miguel de Allende and Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall. In chamber music he has taken to the stage at the Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts, Palm Beach State College and the Kaufman Center’s Merkin Hall. He is the cellist of Trio Rai, the OAK Trio and the Phaidros Quartet.

Instrument: Pietro Guarneri (1729)

Teachers

2023 - 2024 : Yeesun Kim
2023 - 2024 : Donald Weilerstein
2022 - 2022 : Laurence Lesser
2021 - 2022 : Natasha Brofsky
2020 - 2022 : Minhye Clara Kim
2020 - 2021 : Timothy Eddy
2011 - 2016 : Ronald Leonard
2011 - 2016 : Paul Katz
2005 - 2014 : Ronald Lowry
2003 - 2005 : Kirsten Peltz

Degrees

2022 - 2024 : Artist Diploma, New England Conservatory
2020 - 2022 : Master of Music, The Juilliard School
2016 - 2020 : Bachelor of Arts, Princeton University

Concerts

2025 : Weill Recital Hall, Carnegie Hall, Adria Ye, piano
2025 : Symphony Hall, Boston Philharmonic Youth Orchestra, Benjamin Zander, conductor
2025 : Maison Symphonique, Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal, Thomas Le Duc-Moreau, conductor
2024 : Jordan Hall, New England Conservatory, Adria Ye, piano
2024 : Chapelle historique du Bon Pasteur, Chapelle historique du Bon Pasteur, Godwin Friesen, piano
2023 : Jordan Hall, New England Conservatory, New England Conservatory Philharmonia, Hugh Wolff, conductor

Competitions

2024 : Winner, Concert Artists Guild Louis & Susan Meisel Competition
2024 : Co-1st Prize, Walter W. Naumburg International Cello Competition
2024 : 3rd Prize, Windsor Festival International String Competition
2023 : 1st Prize, Special J. S. Bach Prize, Concours Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal
2023 : 1st Prize, National Federation of Music Clubs Young Artist Competition
2021 : 1st Prize, Hudson Valley Philharmonic String Competition
2020 : Co-2nd Prize, Bader and Overton Canadian Cello Competition