Elli Choi is pursuing an undergraduate degree at Columbia University, where she is majoring in economics-philosophy, while simultaneously training at The Juilliard School, where she has been studying since 2009. She is a laureate of the Classic Strings Competition in Dubai, the Fritz Kreisler Competition and the Qingdao Competition. She has collaborated with such orchestras as the Monte-Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra, the Juilliard Orchestra, the Novosibirsk Philharmonic Orchestra, the Salzburg Chamber Soloists and the Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra. Elli Choi has already given many concerts in the United States, Europe and the Middle East, in major venues such as the David Geffen Hall, the David H. Koch Theater, the Maison Symphonique de Montréal, Carnegie Hall, the Berlin Philharmonie, the Abu Dhabi Palace and the National Centre for the Performing Arts in Beijing.

Instrument: Antonio Stradivari (1686)*
*Loaned by Jonathan Solars Fine Violins

Teachers

2023 - present : Li Lin
2017 - 2023 : Joseph Lin
2013 - 2017 : Ida Kavafian

Concerts

2022 : Dubai Expo 2022, UN World Children's Day, Emirates Youth Symphony Orchestra
2019 : Peter Jay Sharp Theater, Juilliard School, Juilliard Orchestra
2019 : Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center Fall Gala
2018 : Department of State of the United States of America, Secretary of State Luncheon, Solo
2018 : Casino Kursaal Interlaken, Interlaken Classics, Interlaken Classics Festival Orchestra
2017 : Zürich Tonhalle, Interlaken Classics, Interlaken Classics Festival Orchestra
2017 : Berliner Philharmonie, Das Sinfonie Orchester Berlin
2013 : Grosser Saal of Stiftung Mozarteum, Preisträger of Mozarteum Sommer Akademie, Alan Brown

Competitions

2023 : 2nd, China International Music Competition GMEL
2023 : 1st, Qingdao International Violin Competition
2022 : 6th, Fritz Kreisler International Violin Competition
2022 : 3rd, Classic Strings International Competition in Dubai
2019 : 2nd, Zhuhai International Mozart Competition
2016 : 1st, World Music Masters of Monaco