Hayoung Choi - NOSPR

Born in Bielefeld in Germany, Hayoung Choi studied at the Korean National University of Arts Myung-Wha Chung and Hyungwon Chang, the Purcell School for Young Musicians in England with Alexander Boyarsky, and then at the Kronberg Academy, where she was taught by Frans Helmerson and Wolfgang Emanuel Schmidt.
She has won first prize in several international competitions, including the Queen Elisabeth Competition in Belgium, Krzysztof Penderecki Competition in Poland, the International Johannes Brahms Competition in Austria, the Antonio Janigro Competition in Croatia, and the Justus Dotzauer Competition in Germany.
She has performed as a soloist with Boston Philharmonic Orchestra, Kremerata Baltica, Camerata Salzburg, Frankfurter Opern- und Museumsorchester, Barcelona Chamber Orchestra, Trinity Laban Symphony Orchestra, Bucheon Philharmonic Orchestra, Seongnam Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra of the Karol Szymanowski Philharmonic in Krakow, Olsztyn Philharmonic Orchestra and Suwon Philharmonic Orchestra.
She was invited to play at renowned music festivals. Among them are the City of London Festival in England, Cello Biennale Amsterdam in Netherlands, Kronberg Academy International Cello Festival in Germany, Pablo Casals Festival of Prades in France, Beijing Supercello Festival in China and ArtDialog Festival in Switzerland.
As a chamber musician, Hayoung Choi already has performed with many renowned musicians such as Gidon Kremer, Christian Tetzlaff, Kim Kashkashian, Jörg Widmann, Mitsuko Uchida, Antoine Tamestit, Elena Bashkirova and Martin Helmchen.
She has participated in masterclasses with Sir Simon Rattle, Christoph Eschenbach, Daniel Barenboim and Sir András Schiff.
Hayoung Choi performs on cello by Giovanni Paolo Maggini (Brescia, c. 1600) kindly loaned by Kumho Cultural Foundation and Asiana Airlines, Inc.