Canadian violinist, Nikki Chooi, is enrolled at the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia and studies
with renowned
violinists Joseph Silverstein and Ida Kavafian. His previous teachers include Bill van der Sloot at the Mount
Royal
Conservatory, and Sydney Humphreys at the Victoria Conservatory of Music.
In the 2008-2009 season, Nikki performed with the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra and the Winnipeg
Symphony
Orchestra. He was also featured soloist with the National Arts Centre Orchestra on its 2008
Western Canada
Performance
and Educational Tour. In May 2009, he completed a European Tour
performing chamber music with
violist, Roberto
Diaz and pianist, Robert MacDonald.
In 2007-2008, he was invited by Debut Atlantic to give a series of six recitals, touring across the Atlantic provinces of Canada.
In Jan 2008, he performed a recital at the Canadian National Arts Centre featured
by its Debut Series in Ottawa.
Nikki, at age 18, was a Special Prize winner and the youngest competitor at the XIII Tchaikovsky
International Violin Competition in 2007. He was also a semi-finalist at the 2007 Michael Hill Violin
Competition in Auckland, New Zealand, winner of the 2007 Shean Strings Competition in Edmonton,
awarded the Galaxie Rising Star at the Montreal International Violin Competition in 2006, and winner
of the Montreal Symphony Standard Life Competition in 2004. At the 2004 Canadian National Music
Festival, Nikki was awarded 1st place in the strings category, 1st place in the chamber music category,
and was the overall Grand Award winner.
He has been featured soloist with the Montreal Symphony Orchestra, the National Arts Centre Orchestra,
the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra, the Victoria Symphony Orchestra, the Sinfonia Toronto, the
Edmonton Symphony Orchestra, and the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra.
Nikki attended the Morningside Music Bridge Summer Festival for six consecutive years, winning
1st place in the Concerto Competition in 2005. He has also participated in the Sarasota Chamber
Music Festival in Florida, the Orford Academy of the Arts in Quebec and has been guest artist at the Eine Kleine Summer Chamber Music in Victoria, BC, and the Coralwind Chamber Music Festival in Ucluelet, BC |
