This concert is the North Carolina Symphony debut for Elli Choi.
A seasoned performer at the age of 23, award-winning violinist Elli Choi has performed throughout North America, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East at venues such as Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center's David Geffen Hall and David H. Koch Theater, the Berliner Philharmonie, Kimmel Center's Verizon Hall, Maison symphonique de Montréal,Tonhalle Zürich, Rudolfinum Dvořák Hall in Prague, BOZAR Brussels, the Abu Dhabi Palace, and Beijing's National Center for the Performing Arts, appearing with major orchestras such as the Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo, Belgian National Orchestra, Novosibirsk Philharmonic Orchestra, Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra, Salzburg Chamber Soloists, Corpus Christi Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Liège, Armenian State Symphony Orchestra, and The Juilliard Orchestra.
Choi has been invited to perform for several heads of state, including President Emmanuel Macron of France and former Vice President Mike Pence at the United States Department of State, as well as the Duchess of Gloucester at Buckingham Palace.
Highlights of her 2025/26 season include debuts with the Ulster Orchestra performing Bruch's Violin Concerto, with the Orquestra Sinfónica do Porto Casa da Música performing Brahms' Violin Concerto, and with the Orquesta Reino de Aragón performing Vivaldi's The Four Seasons.
Winner of the Monaco World Music Masters in 2016, Choi has since won top prizes at the Qingdao International Violin Competition, the Classic Strings Competition held in Dubai, and the China International Music Competition. In 2024, she was awarded Third Prize at the Queen Elisabeth Violin Competition in Brussels.
Choi finished her undergraduate studies at Columbia University while simultaneously enrolled at The Juilliard School, where she has completed her master's degree as a Kovner Fellow. She started studying at Kronberg Academy in 2025 with Professor Antje Weithaas.
Choi currently plays a J. B. Vuillaume c. 1840 on generous loan.