Hayoung Choi

Hayoung Choi (; born February 6, 1998) is a South Korean-German concert cellist. She is the first prize winner of the Queen Elisabeth Competition in Brussels, Belgium in 2022 and first prize winner of the Krzysztof Penderecki Cello Competition in Kraków, Poland in 2018.

Biography Choi was born in Bielefield, Germany At the age of twelve, Choi debuted playing Haydn Cello Concerto No. 1 with the Camerata Salzburg.

Choi currently performs on 1707 "ex-Starker" cello made by Giuseppe filius Andrea Guarneri on loan from an anonymous patron.

On 25 July, 2024, Choi performed in the Beethoven Triple Concerto together with pianist Sunwook Kim and violinist Clara-Jumi Kang and the Los Angeles Philharmonic conducted by David Robertson.

On 12 July 2025 Choi performed the Rachmaninoff Sonata for Cello and Piano with pianist Joachim Carr.

On 13 July 2025 Choi performed the Schubert Arpeggione Sonata for cello and piano with Joachim Carr pianist.

Awards

2008: First prize winner, Antonio Janigro International Cello Competition 2009: First prize winner, Justus Dotzauer Competition 2011: First prize winner, International Johannes Brahms Competition 2018: First prize winner, Krzysztof Penderecki Cello Competition 2022: First prize winner, Queen Elisabeth Competition