Hayoung Choi

Born in Bielefeld in Germany, Hayoung Choi studied at the Korean National University of Arts Myung-Wha Chung and Hyongwon 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 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 Kremerata Baltica, the Camerata Salzburg, the Frankfurter Opern- und Museumsorchester, the Kraków Philharmonic Orchestra the Olsztyn Philharmonic Orchestra and the Suwon Philharmonic Orchestra.