Sungrai Sohn, conductor and violin, is a founder and the first violinist of the Laurentian String Quartet and Amasi Piano Trio, which have performed annually in major concert halls throughout the United States, Canada, Europe and the Far East, and has also toured in North Africa under the auspices of the United States Department.

As a chamber musician, he has collaborated with such eminent artists as Richard Stolzman, Kurt Masur, Lilian Kallir, Eugenia Zukerman, Anthony Newman, Gervase de Peyer, Ronald Roseman, Paul Doktor, Hyo Kang, members of the Fine Arts Quartet, Tokyo String Quartet, and Borodin Trio.

He is a recipient of the Maryland Women's Club Award, Artist International, Jack Kahn Award and Honored Diplomat, Algiers Fourth International Music Festival. Mr. Sohn has acted as chair-adjudicator of the New York Music Competition since 2000.

Mr. Sohn has been a member of the American Symphony, American Symphony Chamber Orchestra, the Baltimore Symphony, and performed as soloist with many orchestras including the New York Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra at the Carnegie Hall as well as Lincoln Center in numerous concerts.

As a recording artist, he has recorded for the Musical Heritage Society, Soundspells Production, Newport Classics, and Sony Classics and his recording of The Violinist in the Mall, a work for violin and piano, was a co-winner of the 2005 16th Annual Friends and Enemies of New Music Competition.

Sungrai Sohn was educated at the Peabody Institute, where he studied with Berl Senofsky and graduated with Theodore Martin Award for Excellence in Music, and at Sarah Lawrence College, where he studied with Dorothy DeLay, where he now teaches violin, viola and the Director of the Chamber Music at Sarah Lawrence College since 1983 and appears in the International Who's Who in Music and Music Dictionary since 1994.