“…The unique Beethoven-aesthetic stood out even under the balance and restraint and the powerful dynamic especially in the final movement made the audience rise above themselves….
The performer closed the sonata (Appassionata) and thus the New Year’s concert of The House Concert with absolute overwhelming coda. And she gave us all in the same space the energy, courage and expectation to live the year 2022 vigorously. Then I finally understood the intention of this artist to complete a grand epic poem by omitting the intermission and I could not agree more. It will need quite a long time till the echo of this concert would diminish.”
Jin-Suk Kim, pianist
[Music Journal] Feb-2022
Beethoven captivated in Bagband
“…The Korean pianist Hie-Yon Choi continued her piano sonata cycle in the Musikalischen Sommer festival. Her appearance was the „Hammer“ (‘awesome’ in German slang) – in the true sense of the word itself….”
Karen Hochmuth
[Ostfriesische Nachrichten] Juli-16-2017
As if Beethoven Himself Sitting at the Piano
“… Eyes closed; you would believe that the honorable composer himself would have sat at the piano. Hie-Yon Choi is passionate in dealing with the interpretation of these sonatas – so passionate that you would have to be afraid for the instrument. With extraordinary power and speed this Korean governs the score – and yet succeeds to let it fulfilled with compassion, intimacy and pure joy.….”
Ina Wagner
[Emder Zeitung] Aug-13-2015
Spectacular Experience of Highest Art of Piano
Roland Moll
[Ostfriesischer Kurier] Aug-13-2015
Radiant Happiness after Perfect Presentation
“…The magical, almost elegiac parts were contrasted with the thundering fortissimo in orchestral sense which seemed to quake the church walls. Hie-Yon Choi convinced through the highest virtuosity in the best sense & thus complied fully & totally the Liszt‘s image & gave with her boldness a glamour of a unique improvisation to the piece….”
Roland Moll
[Ostfriesen-Zeitung] July-27-2009