Listed as one of Classic FM’s Top 30 Artists under 30, Esther Yoo is a Deutsche Grammophon Artist and has released two concerto albums with the Philharmonia Orchestra under Vladimir Ashkenazy, and two albums as part of the Z.E.N. Trio who met on the BBC New Generation Artist scheme in 2015 and perform regularly together. She also featured on the soundtrack to the internationally released film On Chesil Beach. The Z.E.N. Trio's latest album was released on Deutsche Grammophon in Spring 2021 and featured music by Shostakovich, Babajanian, Rachmaninov and Khachaturian.

The first ever Artist in Residence with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in 2018, Esther Yoo came to international attention in 2010 when she became the youngest prize-winner of the 10th International Sibelius Violin Competition at aged 16. She went on to become one of the youngest ever prize-winners of the Queen Elisabeth Competition in 2012.