Cellist Brannon Cho, a sophomore music performance major who is participating in the 15th International Tchaikovsky Competition this summer in Russia alongside a select group of the best young cellists in the world, is making headway.

Cho has advanced to the next round of the prestigious competition, which is taking place in St. Petersburg through July 3.

A student of Bienen Professor Hans Jørgen Jensen, Cho is one of only 25 cellists (out of 51 in the contestant pool) advancing to round one of the Tchaikovsky Competition. Two of Professor Jensen’s private students, Sihao He from China and John Henry Crawford from the United States, have also progressed to the next round.

Watch a video of Brannon’s Round 1 performance

To learn more about Cho’s participation in competition, see the original story Bienen Student to Compete in Russia's Tchaikovsky Competition.