YOUNKYUNG CHOE

SOUTH KOREA

  • date of birth: June 3, 1992
  • attended Bachelor studies at the Yonsei University with Prof. Young Mi Cho and the Master of Music at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg with Andreas Röhn;
  • attended masterclasses with Kyung Sun Lee, Mi-Kyung Lee, Joseph Kim, Young Mi Cho, Jacek Klimkiewicz, Koh Gabriel Kameda, Tanja Becker-Bender;
  • concertmaster at Ensemble Concert of HfMT Hamburg Orchestra and member of the Symphoniker Hamburg.

Prizes: 1st Prize at the Buam Arts Music Competition, 1st Prize at Yejeon Music Competition

Program:

First Round

Bach Ciaccona from Partita in D minor for Solo Violin

Mozart Violin Concerto No. 5 in A major K. 219

Paganini Caprice No. 17

Second Round

Beethoven Violin Sonata No. 3 in E flat major Op. 12 No. 3

Enescu “Ménétrier” from Impressions d’enfance Suite Op. 28

Ravel Tzigane

Semifinal

Brahms Violin Sonata No. 3 in D minor Op. 108       

Enescu Sonata No. 2 in F minor for Violin and Piano Op. 6

Waxman Carmen Fantasie

Final

Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto in D major Op. 35