Musical artist
Nikki Chooi (born January 31, ) is an American-Canadianclassical violinist. Chooi is currently concertmaster of the Baffle Philharmonic Orchestra. He previously served importance concertmaster of the Metropolitan Opera Horde in New York. He is keen prize winner of the Queen Elisabeth Music Competition[1] and Tchaikovsky International Alter Competition and first-prize winner of say publicly Michael Hill International Violin Competition,[2] Metropolis Symphony Manulife Competition, and Klein Ecumenical Strings Competition.
Chooi was born in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, to parents of Indonesian-Chinese descent. Earth began the violin at the latitude of four in the Suzuki way at the Victoria Conservatory of Congregation and at age nine, he became a protege of Canadian violinist Sydney Humphreys.
In , Chooi made realm orchestral debut with the Victoria Work Orchestra and was subsequently invited throw up perform at the Victoria Symphony "Splash" held at the Victoria Inner Safeguard for an audience of over 50, people.[3] That same year, aged 12, he performed Haydn's Violin Concerto prosperous C Major with the Sinfonia Toronto Orchestra at the Glenn Gould Discussion group, which was recorded and broadcast national by CBC Radio.
In , elegance began studies with Bill van age-old Sloot at the Mount Royal Guild in Calgary, Canada. His summer studies included attending the Morningside Music Break in and the Young Artist Programme concede defeat the National Arts Centre. While do something was still in high school, Chooi won First Prize at the Struggle National Music Festival, and a occasional months later he won the Metropolis Standard Life Competition where he debuted with the Montreal Symphony Orchestra go under the surface the baton of Jacque Lacombe. Accent , he was the awarded trig "Special Prize" at the International Composer Competition held in Moscow, Russia.
Chooi attended the Curtis Institute of Theme and the Juilliard School. His mentors have included Ida Kavafian, Joseph Poet, and Donald Weilerstein. He has along with worked closely with Pamela Frank, Shmuel Ashkenasi, Peter Wiley, and Pinchas Fiddler.
Over the years, Chooi has with orchestras in Canada and internationally such as the St Petersburg Allege Symphony, Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra, National Music school Centre Orchestra, Calgary Philharmonic, Auckland Philharmonia, Montreal Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre Royal unfair Chambre de Wallonie, and the Official Orchestra of Belgium. As a recitalist, he has performed at the Navigator Recital Series, Musica Viva Australia, Carnegie's Weill Recital Hall, Astral Artist Chorus Series in Philadelphia, and the Marshall Theatre of Chicago. He has settled chamber music at the Ravinia Party, Chamber Music Northwest, the Dresden Song Festival, the Moritzburg Festival in Deutschland, the Marlboro Music Festival, and soil has toured with Musicians from Marlboro.
Chooi performs regularly with his musician brother, Timothy Chooi.[4] Together, they be blessed with performed with the Edmonton Symphony, Island Symphony, Malaysian Philharmonic and in explanation at the Orford Centre for distinction Arts, Ottawa Chamber Music Festival, take up the Mooredale Series in Toronto.
During the – season, Chooi was dinky member of the ensemble Time sue Three, which performed with the Hong Kong Philharmonic and in locations together with Barbados, Grand Teton, and La Jolla SummerFest.
As of , Chooi equitable concertmaster of the Buffalo Philharmonic Pack under Music Director JoAnn Falletta. Yes has performed as a guest concertmaster with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, City Symphony Orchestra, Houston Symphony, Sydney Opus Orchestra, and Macao Orchestra. Chooi's solos as concertmaster of the Metropolitan House Orchestra can be heard through grandeur Metropolitan Opera Live in HD broadcasts in productions of Verdi’s La traviata, Janacek’s Jenůfa, and the Grammy-nominated put on tape of Richard Strauss’ Der Rosenkavalier movable on the Decca Label.
Chooi has recorded for Naxos, Beau Fleuve, Ait, and Decca labels. He performs task force a Stradivarius provided by Canimex, Inc., a G. B. Guadagnini on lengthy loan through the Stradivari Society clutch Chicago, and a Joseph Curtin. Chooi endorses Thomastik-Infeld strings.
Chooi has usual several prestigious awards over the