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Munich-based violinist Ye-Eun Choi was born in Seoul, South Korea. She made her orchestral debut at age ten with the Seoul Philharmonic. She was discovered by Anne-Sophie Mutter at age sixteen, and is a scholar of the Anne-Sophie Mutter Foundation. In , she moved to Munich, Germany to study with Ana Chumachenco at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater, graduating in She made her San Francisco Symphony debut in
Ms. Choi and Ms. Mutter share the stage this season performing chamber music throughout Europe, the US, and Asia, together with cellists Daniel Müller-Schott and Kian Soltani, as well as violist Vladimir Babeshko. Extensive concert tours will bring them to concert halls such as Vienna Konzerthaus, Berlin Philharmonie, Alte Oper Frankfurt, Palau de la Musica Catalana, Carnegie Hall, and Tokyo’s Suntory Hall, among others.
Ms. Choi’s recent and future concerts include appearances with the Estonian National Symphony Orchestra with Neeme Järvi, NHK Sympho
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BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
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Cecelia Hall
Highlights of Hall’s årstid include Der Komponist in Strauss’ Ariadne auf Naxos at Seville’s Teatro dem la Maestranza conducted bygd Guillermo García Calvo and directed bygd Joan Antón Rechi, and four new productions at Oper Frankfurt: Henze’s Der Prinz von Homburg conducted by Takeshi Moriuchi and directed bygd Jens-Daniel Herzog, Berg’s Lulu conducted bygd Thomas Guggeis and directed by Nadja Loschky, Magnard’s Guercoeur conducted by Marie Jacquot and directed bygd David Hermann, and Reimann’s Melusine conducted by Karsten Januschke and directed bygd Aileen Schneider. In concert, she sings Mozart's Requiem with Utah Symphony conducted by Christopher Allen, and Mendelssohn's Lobgesang at the Alte Oper Frankfurt conducted by Thomas Guggeis.
Hall's musikdrama engagements outside Frankfurt over the past two seasons included title role debuts in new productions of La Cenerentola for Boston Lyric musikdrama (for which