Nayoung Choi is a South Korean violinist currently pursuing her Master of Music degree at The Juilliard School, studying under Professor Ronald Copes and Stella Chen. She earned her Bachelor of Music degree with highest honors from Seoul National University, studying with Professor Dami Kim and receiving a full scholarship throughout her studies.
She has received the Grand Prize winner of the 2025 New York Laureate International Competition and the First Prize winner of the 2023 Music Chunchoo Competition. Her earlier honors include First Prize at the Seongjeong Competition, Top Prizes at the Segye Times and Music Education News Competitions, and Second Prize at the Dong-A Junior Competition.
As a soloist, she won the Seoul Arts High School Concerto Competition in both 2018 and 2019. She appeared in the Spirit of SNU Strings concert series at IBK Chamber Hall in the Seoul Arts Center in 2021 and served as concertmaster of the Seoul National University Symphony Orchestra in 2022. Deeply passionate about chamber music, Choi has participated the PyeongChang Festival 2024, and performed at the LG Spring Chamber Music Festival at Lincoln Center in 2016, where she studied with David Finckel and Wu Han.
In May 2025, she was selected as a Gluck Community Service Fellow at The Juilliard School. Through this program, she performs in a year-long concert series dedicated to bringing classical music to diverse communities across New York City. Recently based in New York and Seoul, Nayoung Choi continues to perform actively as a soloist and chamber musician.
[학력] · 예원학교, 서울예술고등학교 졸업 및 음악공로상, 실기우수자상 · 서울대학교 학사 우등 졸업 및 전액성적장학금 수여 · 서울대학교 수석 및 오케스트라 악장 역임 · 현) 줄리아드 음악원 석사 2학년 재학중, SCC 서울중앙음악학원 출강
[수상 및 연주 경력] · New York Laurate International Music Competition, The Grand Prize Winner (May, 2025) · 세계일보, 성정, 음악춘추, 음악교육신문사, 리움쳄버오케스트라 콩쿠르 1위 · 동아주니어, 음연, 소년한국일보, 바로크 콩쿠르 입상 · 서울예고 교내콩쿠르 전체대상 및 장학금 수혜 · 서울예고 정기연주회 협연 · 2024 젊은이의 음악제 연주 · 2024 대관령 음악제 Young Artist Concert 연주 · 2024 서초실내악축제 Reve Quartet 연주 · Gluck Community Engagement Fellowship (2025-2026) ·서울대학교 시흥멘토링 멘토 활동(2021-2024) · 2021 예술의전당 Spirit of SNU Strings IX 연주 · 2017 동리 문화재단 독주회 및 장학금 수혜 · 2016 LG 스프링 페스티벌 인 뉴욕 링컨센터 초청연주
[사사] 이선이, 이세영, 김다미, 노윤정, Stella Chen, Ronald Copes