Jasmine Choi (born in

Seoul Seoul (; ; ), officially known as the Seoul Special City, is the capital and largest metropolis of South Korea.Before 1972, Seoul was the ''de jure'' capital of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea) as stated iArticle 103 ...

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) is a Korean-born flutist, educated in the US, living in Austria.

Life

Raised in Daejeon, Choi studied at the

Curtis Institute of Music The Curtis Institute of Music is a private conservatory in Philadelphia. It offers a performance diploma, Bachelor of Music, Master of Music in opera, and a Professional Studies Certificate in opera. All students attend on full scholarship. Hi ...

and the

Juilliard School The Juilliard School ( ) is a private performing arts conservatory in New York City. Established in 1905, the school trains about 850 undergraduate and graduate students in dance, drama, and music. It is widely regarded as one of the most el ...

, where her teachers included

Julius Baker Julius Baker (September 23, 1915 – August 6, 2003) was one of the foremost American orchestral flute players. During the course of five decades he concertized with several of America's premier orchestral ensembles including the Chicago Sympho ...

and

Jeffrey Khaner Jeffrey Khaner (born December 22, 1958) is the principal flutist of the Philadelphia Orchestra. He has also served as principal flutist with the Cleveland Orchestra and the Pittsburgh Symphony. Khaner teaches at the Curtis Institute of Music, ...

, from 2000 to 2004. As a student in 2002, she was the senior division winner of the Albert M. Greenfield Student Competition, sponsored by the

Philadelphia Orchestra The Philadelphia Orchestra is an American symphony orchestra, based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. One of the " Big Five" American orchestras, the orchestra is based at the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts, where it performs its subscription ...

. In 2006, ''Symphony Magazine'' included her as one of two flautists in their list of emerging artists.

Music career

A recording of her performances of

Mozart Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (27 January 17565 December 1791), baptised as Joannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart, was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical period (music), Classical period. Despite his short life, his ra ...

's Concerto for Flute and Harp K. 299 and the Concerto for Flute K. 314 (called ''Jasmine Choi plays Mozart'') was released in 2006 in Korea by

Sony BMG Sony BMG Music Entertainment was an American record company owned as a 50–50 joint venture between Sony Corporation of America and Bertelsmann. The venture's successor, the revived Sony Music, is wholly owned by Sony, following their buyout o ...

. She later held the post of associate principal flute of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra under Paavo Järvi and principal flute of the Vienna Symphony under

Fabio Luisi Fabio Luisi (born 17 January 1959) is an Italian conductor. He is currently principal conductor of the Danish National Symphony Orchestra, music director of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, and chief conductor of the NHK Symphony Orchestra. Biog ...

. Choi served as Principal Flute of the Vienna Symphony Orchestra from May 2012 to August 2013, the first Korean-born member of the orchestra in its history. With members of the orchestra, she made a commercial recording of flute quartets by Mozart. Choi has transcribed the violin concerti of

Mendelssohn Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (3 February 18094 November 1847), born and widely known as Felix Mendelssohn, was a German composer, pianist, organist and conductor of the early Romantic music, Romantic period. Mendelssohn's compositi ...

and Tchaikovsky for flute. She has also transcribed the ''Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso'' of Saint-Saens, for flute. In addition, Choi has commercially recorded works of Claude Bolling in 2012 (Sony Classical) and the 12 Fantasies for Solo Flute by Georg Philipp Telemann (Austrian Gramophone). Mark Laycock has written a flute concerto for Choi. In 2016, she was named as Cultural Ambassador in her hometown Daejon, Korea.

Discography

Choi's recordings include: * ''Love in Paris - a live recital album,'' Jasmine Choi & Sangwook Park (2017) * ''Trio Joy - free improvisations'', Jasmine Choi, Joe Fonda, Harvey Sorgen (2017) * ''The Telemann Files : 12 Fantasies for Solo Flute'', Jasmine Choi (2015) * ''W.A.Mozart: 5 Quartets with Flute'', Jasmine Choi with members of Vienna Symphony (2013) * ''Claude Bolling Suite for Flute and Jazz Trio'', Jasmine Choi (2012) * ''Fantasy'', Jasmine Choi (2011) * ''Jasmine Choi Plays Mozart'', Jasmine Choi (2006) (only released in Korea)

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* Living people Classical flautists South Korean classical musicians Curtis Institute of Music alumni Juilliard School alumni Women flautists 21st-century women musicians Year of birth missing (living people) 21st-century flautists {{flautist-stub