Young Sun Choi is the First Prize winner of the Rina Sala Gallo Monza International Piano Competition and has earned top honors in major international competitions, including the Gurwitz International Piano Competition, the USASU Bösendorfer, the American Paderewski, and the Lyon International Piano Competition.

She has performed concertos with orchestras around the world, including the Mexico City Philharmonic, KBS Symphony Orchestra, Sinfonica di Milano, Prime Philharmonic, Orchestra “O. Stillo,” and the Kazan Chamber Orchestra “La Primavera.” She has worked with notable conductors such as Kolja Blacher, Thomas Wilkins, Scott Yoo, and YunSung Chang.

Ms. Choi has been invited to perform at festivals including the Cremona Musica Festival, the Paderewski Festival in North Carolina, and the DMZ OPEN Festival. She has also given recitals in Italy, invited by Fazioli Pianoforti and La Società dei Concerti.

An avid chamber musician, Ms. Choi is a founding member of Trio Unio. The trio won Second Prize at the Franz Schubert and Modern Music International Competition in Graz and received the Lift Every Voice Prize at the Fischoff Chamber Music Competition. They were invited to perform at Samsung Electronics’s concert hall and completed a full performance series of Beethoven’s complete piano trios.

Her solo performances have been broadcast on Texas Public Radio and ARTE TV, and she was honored to be the dedicatee of Three Preludes for Piano by Grammy® Award-winning composer Michael Fine.

Ms. Choi studied under Jung Won Moon and earned her Bachelor’s degree in piano and musicology at Seoul National University under Aviram Reichert. She completed both her Master’s and Doctoral degrees at Indiana University under the mentorship of Arnaldo Cohen.

Competitor: Second Triennial Olga Kern International Piano Competition. October 27–November 3, 2019. Albuquerque, New Mexico.