Minsun Choi has been a member of the San Francisco Ballet Orchestra’s first violin section since 2019. A native of Seoul, Korea, she began her violin studies at the age of six. A year later, Ms. Choi was awarded the second prize at the Korean Newspaper Music Competition, which led her to an invitation to study privately with world-distinguished violin professor, Nam Yun Kim, who has been a jury member in every major international violin competitions. After winning the Gold Medal and top prizes at several important music competitions in her native country, such as Hankook Newspaper Competition, Ewha Kyung-Hyang Competition and Busan MBC Competition, she established herself as one of the promising Korean violinists in her generation. Ms. Choi’s concert engagements included her solo appearance at Seoul Arts Center, Sejong Center for the Performing Arts, and Hoam Art Concert Hall.  In 1998, she was accepted to the Seoul National University, where she earned her Bachelor of  Music degree in 2002.

In 2004, Ms. Choi came to the United States on a full scholarship to continue her violin studies at the Peabody Institute, where she received the Master of Music degree and Artist Diploma. While studying in the U.S., Ms. Choi won the prize at the Corpus Christi International Competition in Texas. She was also awarded the fellowship to participate at the Aspen Music Festival and School, where she collaborated in chamber music concerts with principal players from the Metropolitan Opera and Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. As an active chamber musician, Ms. Choi is a founder of the Hampton Trio. They perform frequently in the New York Metropolitan Area. In the fall of 2006, she and her Trio made their debut at the Carnegie Weill Recital Hall. Ms. Choi played with Baltimore Symphony Orchestra from 2007 to 2015 as a contracted guest musician and she was also a violin faculty member in Howard Community College till 2015. In 2016, she moved to California in 2016 and currently lives in Sunnyvale with her husband Sukhyun Song and their daughter.