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  Injoo Choi - violin, member, Virtuosi Chicago  
 
Injoo Choi

Violinist Injoo Choi is currently a first violinist for the Grant Park Music Festival Symphony Orchestra, and performs and tours frequently with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. She has won numerous competitions including the Korean Times National Music Competition, Society of American Musicians, the Baltimore Music Club Competition, and the National Federation of Music Club Young Artist Audition. She was also a finalist of the Julius Stulberg Competition.

She has toured Central America performing chamber music and giving master classes in music conservatories. Her collaborations include such artists as Earl Carlyss, a former Julliard String Quartet, Paul Colletti, and Ik-Hwan Bae. Her performances have been heard on radio stations in Chicago, Baltimore, and Washington, D.C. Injoo Choi has participated in various music festivals including Music Academy of the West in Santa Barbara, Johanesson Music Festival in Canada, and was also a Penson Young Artist in Residence at the Southern Methodist University in Dallas performing numerous concerts.

In addition to her active performances, she teaches extensively and also coaches chamber music at the Music Institute of Chicago. She has been invited to teach at the Milwaukee Chamber Music Festival at the University of Wisconsin.

Injoo Choi received her bachelor’s degree from Indiana University School of Music and master’s degree from the Peabody Conservatory, where she was awarded the Rose and Lou Becker Violin Award. Her teachers include Sylvia Rosenberg, Josef Gingold, and Yuval Yaron.

 
     

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