Nikki Chooi (Canada)

Achievement

2013 Competition First Prize winner & Best Performance of NZ Commissioned Work, 2007 Competition Semi-finalist

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Acclaim

“a model of taste and tonal refinement”

– Boston Globe

“vigorous and colorful”

– New York Times

 

Profile

Musical Education
Curtis Institute of Music, The Juilliard School

Principal Teachers
Joseph Silverstein, Ida Kavafian, Donald Weilerstein

Appointments
Part-Time Professor of Violin- University of Ottawa (2021-); Concertmaster- Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra (2019-); Concertmaster- New York Metropolitan Opera (2016-2017); Member of Time for Three (since 2015)

Awards
Finalist/Laureate Queen Elisabeth Violin Competition (2012); First Prize Klein International Strings Competition (2009)