Richard Cho, a sophomore at Alpharetta High School, is one of four winners of the Georgia Philharmonic's Samuel Fordis Young Artists' Concerto Competition. The competition is the largest of its kind in the Southeast and attracts entrants from all over the country. As a winner, he will perform his concerto as a soloist with the Georgia Philharmonic on Saturday, Feb. 11 at 7 p.m. at Lassiter Concert Hall in Marietta.

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