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Hyungjin Choi

A native South Korean, Hyungjin Choi is a New York-based jazz pianist and vocalist. After training as a classical pianist from her early age, Choi graduated from the prestigious Seoul Institute of the Arts in 2006 and moved to New York in 2008 to attend the New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music where she earned a BFA degree in performing arts in 2010 with a jazz scholarship and the Noah Osnos scholarship.

There, Choi received the finest jazz education from such jazz masters as Sam Yahel, Reggie & Workman, Charles Tolliver, Jimmy Owens, Charlie Persip and Kevin Hays, and also became involved in many projects including that of the great Billy Harper.

She has recorded and performed actively in many venues across the United States both as a sideman and a band leader. Currently she is a music director at Onnuri In2 Church in Manhattan and a faculty of the Music School of Westchester and Riverdale Music Studio.

Choi's debut album "Tales Of A Dreamer" will be released on March 24th, 2014.

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Album Review

Hyungjin Choi: Tales of a Dreamer

Read "Tales of a Dreamer" reviewed by Angelo Leonardi


È un delizioso debutto questo di Hyungjin Choi, pianista coreana dal 2008 a New York dove ha perfezionato i suoi studi alla New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music. Dopo aver collaborato con artisti di rilievo come Reggie Workman, Charlie Persip, Billy Harper o Sam Yahel, ha coronato il sogno d'incidere un disco da leader con proprie composizioni. Supportata da giovani e talentosi partner (il più noto è il sassofonista Uri Gurvich, che ha debuttato per la Tzadik), la giovane ...

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The Hyungjin Choi Quartet: Brooklyn, December 7, 2010

Read "The Hyungjin Choi Quartet: Brooklyn, December 7, 2010" reviewed by Patrick Hanna


Hyungjin Choi QuartetPuppets Jazz BarBrooklyn, NYDecember 7, 2010 When the Hyungjin Choi Quartet played at Puppets Jazz Bar in Brooklyn recently, it was worth battling the brutal weather for an opportunity to see them perform. The band consisted of young musicians with a very unique sound. Drummer Takehiro Shimizu and bassist Elad Muskatel created a solid but free energy, bringing pure love to each sound they made while tenor saxophonist Yacine ...

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"..Hyungjin,beautifully leading the band through her compositions, has a brilliant touch on the piano and full awarness to the group dynamics.."
Primary Instrument

Piano

Location

New York City

Willing to teach

Intermediate to advanced

Credentials/Background

Piano faculty of Music Studio of Westchester and Riverdale Music Studio

Music

Recordings: As Leader | As Sideperson

Tales of a Dreamer

Self Produced
2015

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Autumn Song

From: Tales of a Dreamer
By Hyungjin Choi

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