Concert Pianist and pedagogue HieYon Choi will be IN Residency at NMS from November 18-20, 2026.
She will be performing IN Recital Thursday, November 19th, 2026 at 6:30PM. Tickets Coming Soon for NMS Friends and Families.
Praised for her clarity, depth, and interpretive insight, HieYon Choi is one of the most sought-after pianists of her generation. She first gained international recognition as a prizewinner at major competitions including the Kapell, Épinal, Busoni, and Viotti. Since then, she has appeared with leading orchestras across Europe, the United States, and Korea, among them the National Symphony Orchestra (Washington, D.C.), Rundfunkorchester Berlin, Berlin Symphoniker, Northern Sinfonia, Seoul Philharmonic, Korean Broadcast Symphony, Busan Philharmonic, Incheon Philharmonic, Philharmonie du Lorraine, Lausanne Chamber, and Korea Chamber. Her collaborators at the podium have included Jesús López Cobos, Dmitri Kitajenko, Markus Stenz, Pascal Rophé, Roland Kluttig, Kwame Ryan, and Thomas Zehetmair, as well as leading Korean conductors. She has also appeared at international festivals and series such as Schleswig-Holstein, Tongyeong, Seoul International, Ernen Musikdorf, Schloss Bourglinster, Vevey, Assisi, Sierre, Dame Myra Hess, Kumho Art Hall, and Sungnam Matinee.
An influential pedagogue, Choi joined the faculty of Seoul National University in 1999 as one of its youngest professors, teaching there for 24 years and guiding generations of pianists who now pursue distinguished careers. Since 2023 she has been Professor of Piano at the Peabody Institute of Johns Hopkins University, continuing her commitment to teaching and mentoring in the United States. She has given masterclasses at leading institutions including the Guildhall School of Music & Drama, the Sibelius Academy, and major conservatories in Paris, Freiburg, Karlsruhe, Düsseldorf, Bremen, New York, Boston, Cincinnati, Michigan, and Hong Kong. Festival residencies include Bowdoin, Rebecca Penneys, and Bay International, where she has combined recitals, chamber music, and teaching. She is also in demand as a juror, having served on the panels of the Busoni (Bolzano), Beethoven (Vienna), Maj Lind (Helsinki), Pozzoli (Italy), Épinal and Orléans competitions (France).
Her program TBD.