Choi was born in Bielefield, Germany[3][2] on February 6, 1998, to South Korean background. Choi started her musical education at the Korean National University of Arts in 2009 studying with Myung-Wha Chung and Hyongwon Chang.[4][5] At the age of twelve, Choi debuted playing Haydn Cello Concerto No. 1 with the Camerata Salzburg.[2] At the age of thirteen, Choi had won the Johannes Brahms International Competition in Austria becoming the youngest winner in the competition's history.[1] In 2011, she switched into the study of Alexander Boyarsky at the Purcell School for Young Musicians in Hertfordshire, England.[4]
In 2016, Choi earned her Bachelor of Music and in 2017 earned her Master of Music under Frans Helmerson at the Kronberg Academy in Germany.[3] Then at the Kronberg Academy, Choi then completed into her Professional Studies with Wolfgang Emanuel Schmidt, who was also her teacher at the Berlin University of the Arts until 2022.[3][5] Choi is now studying at Reina Sofía School of Music under Ivan Monighetti in Madrid, Spain.[6]
Choi currently performs on 1707 "ex-Starker" cello made by Giuseppe filius Andrea Guarneri on loan from an anonymous patron.[6][2]
On 23 June 2022, Choi performed the Haydn Cello Concerto No. 1 at the Queen Elisabeth of Belgium competition with the Orchestre Royal de Chambre de Wallonie, conducted by Vahan Mardirossian.[7]
On 25 July, 2024, Choi performed in the Beethoven Triple Concerto together with pianist Sunwook Kim and violinist Clara-Jumi Kang and the Los Angeles Philharmonic conducted by David Robertson.[8]
On 12 July 2025 Choi performed the Rachmaninoff Sonata for Cello and Piano with pianist Joachim Carr.[9][10]
On 13 July 2025 Choi performed the Schubert Arpeggione Sonata for cello and piano with Joachim Carr pianist.[11]
