菲律賓大提琴家、室內樂演奏家高炳坤，定居臺灣並活躍於樂壇。演出領域廣泛，從古典音樂、現代音樂、民族音樂及另類流行音樂均有涉獵。享受舞台之餘，熱衷與青年音樂家們合作。

近期演出包含由簡文彬指揮長榮交響樂團協奏史特勞斯《唐吉訶德》與貝多芬三重協奏曲、鄭立彬指揮台北國樂團協奏蕭泰然大提琴協奏曲，以及呂紹嘉指揮台北藝術大學交響樂團協奏卡巴列夫斯基第二號大提琴協奏曲等。此外亦以獨奏家身份與台灣國家交響樂團、高雄交響樂團、世界青年交響樂團、馬尼拉交響樂團、馬尼拉愛樂樂團、Lynn Philharmonia等合作演出。

除豐富的獨奏及樂團協奏演出外，高炳坤亦積極投身室內樂演奏；曾與胡乃元、Ilya Kaler, Marc Danel, Yuri Gandelsman, Máté Szűcs, Yizhak Schotten, Scott Lee, Suren Bagratuni, Sung-Won Yang, Kyoko Hashimoto, Ralph Votapek 以及許多台灣藝術家及室內樂團合作。現為南台灣室內樂協會活躍成員、Voyage String Quartet創團成員及大提琴家，以及Taiwan Connection 室內樂團大提琴首席。

高炳坤取得密西根州立大學大提琴表演音樂藝術博士學位，與馬里蘭大學音樂碩士學位。求學經歷包含Washington Adventist University, Harid Conservatory at Lynn University以及菲律賓藝術高中。師從Suren Bagratuni, Evelyn Elsing, Johanne Perron, Wilfredo Pasamba和Amador Tamayo。

現職國立台北藝術大學音樂系大提琴專任副教授，同時於國立高雄師範大學音樂系任教。

Victor Coo, prize-winning cellist, has been hailed as one of the great artists of his generation, a gift to the cultural scene in the Philippines, his native country, and more broadly to the international music world. His mesmerizing interaction with audiences as he plays and his accomplishments have made him a captivating performer and an inspiration for aspiring young cellists.

Coo is a third-generation Seventh-day Adventist musician, the grandson of Eliseo Paulino Arevalo, a pioneer SDA musician in the Philippines. Victor's mother, Corazon Arevalo Coo, a daughter of Elizeo, is an educator and pianist who was a music administrator and has taught music lessons for many years; his brother and sister, Jonathan and Cecilia, are well-known, highly praised performers on piano and violin, respectively.

Victor began playing the cello before enrolling in the Philippine High School for the Arts. He first gained national attention when he performed in the winners' concert at the National Competition for Young Artists in the Philippines at age fourteen. Coo subsequently won the Haydn Cello Competition in Manila and then spent a summer at the Interlochen Arts Camp in the U.S., where he was a winner in the concerto competition and was featured as a soloist with the World Youth Orchestra.

He continued his study at Lynn University in Boca Raton, Florida, where he won several competitions and awards. He completed a B.A. in music at Columbia Union College, now Washington Adventist University, and then earned an M.Mus. at the University of Maryland. He was the recipient of the Neil Tilkens Music Award at CUC and the winner of the Homer Ulrich Award's competition at UM. He completed a D.M.A. in cello performance at Michigan State University in 2009.

During his time at CUC and UM he was principal cellist in and soloist with the New England Youth Ensemble. He toured internationally and played in the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and Carnegie Hall while in that ensemble. He attended the Ecole d' Art Americanes de Fountainebleau in France in 2003 on full scholarship, where he won a Chamber Prize as part of the Kodaly Duo. In a return in 2006, he won the Casadesus Prize. He then performed in October of that year in New York under the auspices of Ecole d' Art Americanes de Fountainebleau.

In 2005, Coo debuted with the Manila Philharmonic, playing the Dvorak concerto and receiving an ovation few cellists have been given in that country. In 2007 he again played in Manilla, giving a historic totally unaccompanied recital that earned a standing ovation.