Samuel Choi is currently the Music Director of the Canada Youth Chamber Orchestra and Artistic Director of the OYMI Music Festival. Choi received his Master of Music Degree from the Colburn Conservatory of Music, Artist Diploma from the Glenn Gould School of Music and Bachelor of Music Degree from the University of Toronto. Choi has received formal trainings and obtained Diplomas from Germany where he studied with Concertmasters and Principal Artists of the Berlin Philharmonic, Royal Concertgebouw, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra,  Dresden Staatskapelle and Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra. As a violinist, Choi has toured Germany as a 1^st violinist of the  prestigious Moritzburg Festival Orchestra with soloists Benjamin Beilman and Jan Vogler. As the Concertmaster of the Pommersfelden Collegium Musicum Orchestra in Germany, his performance with the ensemble was recorded by the Bayerischen Rundfunks Nurenberg (Bavarian Radio Station, Nuremberg, Germany). As a violist, Choi is the Principal Viola of the Ontario Philharmonic Orchestra. Choi will be making his solo debut with the Ontario Philharmonic Orchestra in the 2026-2027 season. Choi has appeared as a soloist with the Guelph Symphony Orchestra, PRISMA Festival Orchestra, Chinese Arts Society of Toronto Orchestra, Colburn Baroque Ensemble and other orchestras. Choi was the Grand Prize Winner of the Guelph Symphony Orchestra Concerto Competition, Runner Up of the PRISMA Festival Orchestra Concerto Competition, 1st Prize Winner of the Glenn Gould School Chamber Music Competition and 1st Prize Winner of the Felix Galimir Chamber Music Award Competition. He has also won numerous prestigious scholarship awards in different continents across the world.

As an orchestral and chamber musician, Choi has worked and performed with world renowned conductors and artists such as Gustavo Dudamel, Esa Pekka Salonen, Lang Lang, Sir Andrew Davis, Stephane Deneve, Peter Oundjian, Petr Popelka, Gabor Tackacs Nagy, Leon Fleischer, James Ehnes, Jan Vogler, Andras Keller, Rachel Barton Pine and many others. As a conductor, In 2023, Choi toured Malaysia with the Canada Youth Chamber Orchestra and conducted a joint performance of the Selangor Philharmonic Orchestra and the Canada Youth Chamber Orchestra in Kuala Lumpur. He was awarded International Excellence in Conducting by the Malaysia International Cultural and Arts United Association. 

A dedicated violin teacher and chamber music coach, Choi’s students have been accepted into McGill University Schulic School of Music, University of Toronto Faculty of Music UBC School of Music and have held leadership positions in Toronto Symphony Youth Orchestra and Canada Youth Chamber Orchestra. In competitions, Choi's students have won top prizes in OMFA Provincial Finals, Guelph Symphony Orchestra Concerto Competition, GOCCA International Competition and numerous other competitions. Choi is committed to educating the next generation of musicians and continues to devote his time as a teacher, performer and arts administrator.