Coco Mi
Celebrated for her musical vitality and sensitivity, violinist Coco Mi values human connection and collaboration through music. She has won awards including first prizes at the 2023 Juilliard Concerto Competition, Inaugural Washington Heights Chamber Orchestra Concerto Competition, Bravura Philharmonic Concerto Competition, and second prize at the 2024 Koussevitzky Young Artist Awards. Upcoming and past performance highlights of the year include a debut performance at the Kennedy Center of David Ludwig’s “Seasons Lost” as part of Juilliard’s 2x4 collaboration with Jamie Laredo and Jennifer Koh, a debut performance in Alice Tully Hall as a violinist of the Edith String Quartet, being a festival artist at the 2024 Olympic Music Festival, and residencies at Molly Carr’s nonprofit Project: Music Heals Us.
At the core of Coco’s musical life is chamber music. Passionate about collaboration, she has been invited to participate in music festivals such as Kneisel Hall, the Olympic Music Festival, the Perlman Music Program, and Yellow Barn. She is currently in the Honors Chamber Music Program as a member of the Edith String Quartet and has had the privilege to learn and collaborate with esteemed artists such as Misha Amory, Ronald Copes, Joel Krosnick, Merry Peckham, Itzhak Perlman, and Areta Zhulla.
Enthusiastic about the accessibility of music and its power to connect people, as part of the Edith String Quartet she collaborated with Molly Carr’s Project: Music Heals Us in their “Music for the Future” program. They performed and worked closely with inmates of the Santa Rosa County Jail and Jericho Project in a composition course based off Beethoven’s String Quartets. Coco aims to continue the important work and share music to those without access through performing and collaborating with nonprofits.
In her orchestral experience, Coco can be seen on the stage of David Geffen Hall as a substitute with the New York Philharmonic and in Alice Tully Hall as a member of the Juilliard Orchestra where she has served as concertmaster and principal second. She has also participated in orchestras part of the Aspen Music Festival and Music Academy of the West, collaborating with renowned conductors such as Marin Alsop, Gustavo Dudamel, and Daniel Harding.
Coco grew up in Princeton, NJ, and started violin at the age of five. She continued her studies at the Manhattan School of Music Pre College under the tutelage of Elizabeth Faidley. Coco received a Bachelor of Music from the Juilliard School with Li Lin. She is pursuing her Master of Music degree at Juilliard with Mr. Lin and Laurie Smukler as a proud recipient of the Kovner Fellowship. Mi will continue her studies at Juilliard as part of the Artist Diploma Program under the guidance of Ms. Smukler and Donald Weilerstein. Coco performs on a violin by Carlo Bergonzi I c. 1723 on generous loan from the Juilliard School.