Dayoung Yoon is a gayageum (a traditional Korean 12-string plucked zither) player and composer and a member of the ensemble CelloGayageum. She graduated from Korean National Traditional Arts High School and earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the Korea National University of Arts. Following graduation, she pursued a solo career in France, Germany, Italy, and beyond. During her tenure as a gayageum instructor at the Korean Cultural Center in Berlin, she met cellist Sol Daniel Kim, and the two co-founded the ensemble CelloGayageum. Dayoung has garnered recognition for her contributions to the ensemble, receiving honors including the Soorim Cultural Prize (2018), Jeongdong Theater’s “Youthful Artist of the Year” (2020), Director of the Young Gugak Orchestra at Seoul Namsan Gugakdang (2021), and First Prize in the Korea Cultural Heritage Foundation’s Youth Song Competition (2021).