Elli Choi
20 | USA
A seasoned performer at the age of nineteen, Elli Choi is quickly establishing herself as one of the most artistically captivating violinists of her generation.
She performed extensively throughout North America, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East, at esteemed venues such as David Geffen Hall, the David H. Koch Theater, Carnegie Hall, Maison Symphonique de Montréal, Kimmel Center's Verizon Hall, the Berliner Philharmonie, Abu Dhabi Palace, and the Raum in Seoul, collaborated with orchestras such as The Juilliard Orchestra, Orchestre Philarmonique de Monte-Carlo, Salzburg Chamber Soloists, and the Sofia Philharmonic.
Winner of the Monaco World Music Masters Competition in 2016, Elli Choi is currently pursuing an undergraduate degree at Columbia University where she plans to major in Economics-Philosophy, while simultaneously enrolled at the Juilliard School where she has been studying since 2009 at the Pre-College Division. Elli Choi plays a Matteo Goffriller made in 1698.
PRELIMINARY ROUND 1
Eugène Ysaÿe: Sonata for solo violin, op. 27 No. 3
Johann Sebastian Bach: Sonata for solo violin in C major, BWV 1005
On stage: 28.09.2021, 5:30 p.m.
PRELIMINARY ROUND 2
Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata for violin and piano in E-flat major, op. 12 No. 3
Henryk Wieniawski: Fantaisie brillante sur des motifs de l'opera "Faust" de Gounod, op. 20
On stage: 01.10.2021, 10:35 a.m.
Accompanied by Boris Kusnezow.
SEMIFINAL ROUND 1
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart : Concert for violin and orchestra in A major, KV 219
Béla Bartók: Divertimento, Sz 113
On stage: 04.10.2021, 7:30 p.m.
SEMIFINAL ROUND 2
Joseph Haydn: String quartet movement
Guiseppe Tartini: Sonata for solo violin in G minor
Sergej Prokofiev: Sonata for violin and piano No. 1 in F minor, op. 80
Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst: Six Polyphonic Etudes for solo violin, No. 6 "Die letzte Rose"
On stage: 06.10.2021, 8:30 p.m.
FINALROUND
Manfred Trojahn: To be played in the garden
Ludwig van Beethoven: Concert for violin and orchestra in D major, op. 61