Luna Hayoung Choi is an award-winning violinist from Daejeon, South Korea. Most recently, Choi received 1st Prize at the Bales Violin Competition and won the NEC Honors Chamber Music Competition. Other recent accolades include performing as the feature soloist in a concert with the Aspen Festival Orchestra and David Robertson after winning the coveted 2023 Dorothy DeLay Competition, and winning top prizes at numerous competitions including the Irving M. Klein International String Competition, Hong Kong Generation Next Arts International Music Competition, MTNA Young Artist National Competition. Solo appearances include performances with Neo-Strings, Sangrok Orchestra, Seoul Symphony Orchestra, Daejeon Philharmonic Orchestra, Macon-Mercer Symphony Orchestra.

Choi is currently pursuing a Master of Musical Arts at the Yale School of Music under the tutelage of Augustin Hadelich. Previous education includes a Master of Music at the New England Conservatory with Donald Weilerstein through the full-tuition Dean’s Scholarship and a stipend through the Presidential Scholarship, and a Bachelor of Music at the Robert McDuffie Center for Strings of Mercer University. Her teachers include Amy Moretti, Robert McDuffie, and David Kim.