Hayoung Choi (Korean: 최하영; born February 6, 1998)[1][2] is a South Korean-German concert cellist.

Choi started her musical education at the Korean National University of Arts in 2009 studying with Myung-Wha Chung and Hyongwon Chang.

[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.