Scott Yoo was born on April 25,1971 and is an American conductor and violinist.
13 Facts About Scott Yoo
Scott Yoo was appointed chief conductor and artistic director of the Mexico City Philharmonic Orchestra in 2016.
Scott Yoo studied with Dorothy DeLay and Paul Kantor at the Juilliard School and won the Josef Gingold International Violin Competition in Brazil.
Scott Yoo enrolled at Harvard, where he studied physics after accidentally breaking his index finger.
In 1994, Scott Yoo participated in the founding of the Metamorphosen Chamber Orchestra, which he conducted at its subscription series at Jordan Hall in Boston and on tour.
Scott Yoo conducted the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra in its Elliott Carter Festival and in his Carnegie Hall debut.
In 2002, Scott Yoo became the conductor of the Colorado College Summer Music Festival, and in 2005, music director of the San Luis Obispo Mozart Festival, now called Festival Mozaic.
In 2016, Scott Yoo was elected the chief conductor of the Mexico City Philharmonic Orchestra.
Scott Yoo has recorded for Bridge Records, New World, Naxos, and Sony Classical.
In 2021, Scott Yoo received an honorary doctorate degree from Colorado College.
In September 2019, Scott Yoo became host and executive producer of Now Hear This, a television program presented by Great Performances, broadcast by the American public television network PBS.
Scott Yoo is married to flutist Alice Dade, a professor at the University of Missouri [2].
Scott Yoo has appeared in several episodes of Now Hear This.