Spain, Portugal & Latin America
With a prodigious clarity of diction (Scherzo) and a moving tendresse (BBC Music Magazine), has been described as the model of a violin soloist in the modern age (The Strad).
In the 2024/25 season Esther collaborates with Orquesta Filarmónica de Málaga, Seattle Symphony Orchestra as well as a China tour, performing with Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, Shanghai Symphony Orchestra and China Philharmonic Orchestra.
Esther recently debuted with New York Philharmonic, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, Pacific Symphony, Orquestra Sinfônica do Estado de São Paulo, Orquestra Sinfónica RTVE, as well as joining BBC Symphony Orchestra and Clemens Schuldt for the world premiere of Raymond Yiu’s Violin Concerto.
Esther has worked with a wide range of leading conductors, including Gustavo Dudamel, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Vasily Petrenko, Santtu-Matias Rouvali, Dalia Stasevska, Myung-Whun Chung, Thierry Fischer, and Karina Canellakis.
Previous seasons have seen Esther perform across the world, appearing with Los Angeles Philharmonic, Minnesota Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, Deutsche Radio Philharmonie, Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Hong Kong Philharmonic, Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra, KBS Symphony Orchestra, as well as at Lincoln Center, Royal Albert Hall, Hong Kong City Hall and Seoul Arts Center and prominent festivals such as the BBC Proms and Aspen Music Festival. In 2018, Yoo was appointed as Royal Philharmonic Orchestra’s inaugural Artist in Residence.
As a chamber musician, Esther regularly appears both in recital and as a member of Z.E.N. Trio alongside former BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artists Zhang Zuo and Narek Hakhnazaryan, with whom she has toured across North America, Europe, Asia and Australia, and released two albums on Deutsche Grammophon.
