Jasmine Choi
"The goddess of flute"- Korea Times
"One of top 10 flutists in music history"- Sinfini Magazine, UK
“Jasmine Choi is a revisionist"- Philadelphia Inquirer
Superstar flutist Jasmine Choi has performed across the globe in a variety of
genres from classical solo, chamber, and orchestral to experimental, jazz, and
pop. Her infinite curiosity has also led her to make her own arrangements of
major works, including the Mendelssohn and Tchaikovsky violin concertos, as
well as performing recent world premieres of works composed by Detlev Glanert,
Texu Kim, and Mark Laycock.
Selected as one of the top ten flutists in music history by Sinfini Magazine UK
in 2015, along with Marcel Moyse, Jean-Pierre Rampal, James Galway and Emmanuel
Pahud, Ms. Choi is a full-time soloist giving more than 100 concerts each
season. Her previous orchestral positions include principal flute of the Vienna
Symphony under Fabio Luisi, associate principal flute of the Cincinnati
Symphony under Paavo Jarvi, and during the summer season she is the principal
flute of the Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra under Louis Langree.
Ms.Choi has performed as a soloist with the Berlin Symphony at the
Philharmonie's New Year's Eve concert, and with Vienna Symphony, Philadelphia
Orchestra, Cincinnati Symphony, Salzburg Mozarteum, St.Petersburg Philharmonic,
Czech Philharmonic, Salzburg Mozart Players, New York Classical Players,
Sarasota Orchestra, Turku Philharmonic in Finland, Seoul Philharmonic and KBS
Symphony in Korea, as well as at recitals in Paris, Vienna, London, Munich, New
York, Seoul, and Hong Kong. Ms. Choi's performance was featured during the 2018
Winter Olympics’ celebrations in PyeongChang, Korea, and Sejong Arts Center has
selected her as their Artist in Residence 2018, featuring 4 solo recitals
throughout the year.
As the last pupil of the late Julius Baker, former principal of the New York
Philharmonic, and student of Jeffrey Khaner, principal of the Philadelphia
Orchestra, Ms. Choi has studied at the Curtis Institute of Music and at
Juilliard. She has recorded several solo CDs under the Sony Classical label,
including Mozart Flute Concertos, Fantasy (Virtuoso Flute Works), Claude
Bolling Jazz Suite, Mozart Flute Quartets. Other recordings include Telemann
Fantasies, Love in Paris (from a live recital), and Trio Joy (free
improvisation).
An avid chamber musician, Ms. Choi has participated in the Marlboro Music
Festival, Seoul Spring Festival, Sarasota Festival, and served as a founding
member of the Astral Winds woodwind quintet and Trio Morisot (flute, viola,
harp) in the US. She currently tours regularly with guitarist Ben Beirs.
Between concerts, Ms. Choi enjoys teaching and guiding young students in master
classes. She has previously taught master classes at Juilliard, the Curtis
Institute of Music, Indiana University, Colburn School of Music, Manhattan
School of Music, Florida University, Universität für Musik in Vienna, among
others.
Thanks to her charismatic performance style, she has been invited to perform at
many special occasions. She played at the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon's
inauguration reception in New York, and she was a soloist with Vienna Symphony
for the opening concert of the Bregenz Festival. In 2016, she was named
Cultural Ambassador of her hometown Daejeon, Korea.
