Presented by Korea Mecenat Assoc. and Korea Music Foundation

Sunday, June 2, 2024, 5pm
Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall
(881 7th Ave, New York, NY 10019)

Tickets: Starting at $69 ($60 + $9 fee)
* Student and Senior Discount Tickets Available at the Box Office

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◆ Performers

Hayoung Choi, Cello
Alim Beisembayev, Piano

◆ Program

WEBERN Three Little Pieces for Cello and Piano, Op. 11
SCHUBERT Sonata in A Minor, D. 821, "Arpeggione"
BRITTEN Cello Sonata in C Major, Op. 65
POULENC Cello Sonata
MESSIAEN "Louange à l'éternité de Jésus" from Quatuor pour la fin du temps
DEBUSSY Cello Sonata in D Minor

South Korean cellist Hayoung Choi, born in Bielefeld (Germany) in 1998, is the First Prize Winner of the 2022 Queen Elisabeth Competition for Cello. She also won the First Prizes at the 3rd Krzysztof Penderecki International Cello Competition and Johannes Brahms International Competition. During the Kronberg Cello Masterclasses she was awarded the “Landgrave of Hesse Prize” and “Leyda Ungerer Music Prize”. Most recently, she has been selected as the inaugural recipient of the FENDI Music Award.

Her recent and current highlights include performances with Brussels Philharmonic Orchestra, Belgian National Orchestra, Poznan Philharmonic Orchestra, Kosice Philharmonic Orchestra, Krakow Philharmonic Orchestra, Boston Philharmonic Orchestra, New York Classical Players and KBS Symphony Orchestra.

The 23/24 season brings the debut with orchestras such as Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester, Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra, European Union Youth Orchestra, Orquestra Amazonas Filarmônica, Filarmônica de Minas Gerais and Orquestra Jovem do Estado de São Paulo.

She attended the Purcell School in the UK and received her Bachelor's and Master's degrees at the Kronberg Academy in Germany under the tutelage of Prof. Frans Helmerson. Later on she completed the professional studies programme in Kronberg, in the class of Prof. Wolfgang Emanuel Schmidt.

Hayoung Choi plays on a Goffriller cello, which is loaned to her from Stradivarius Foundation Habisreutinger.

To purchase tickets, please visit:
https://www.carnegiehall.org/Calendar/2024/06/02/Hayoung-Choi-Cello-0500PM