He studied with Dorothy DeLay and Paul Kantor at the Juilliard School and won the Josef Gingold International Violin Competition in Brazil.

[4] In 1994, 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.

He conducted the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra in its Elliott Carter Festival and in his Carnegie Hall debut.

[5] In Europe, he conducted the City of London Sinfonia, the Britten Sinfonia, Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, the Ensemble orchestral de Paris, Odense Symphony Orchestra, and the Estonian National Symphony Orchestra.

The fourth season has episodes on Astor Piazzolla and Argentine tango; Robert Schumann; contemporary composer Andy Akiho; and Isaac Albéniz.