Nikki Chooi
| Nikki Chooi | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Nikki Chooi |
| Born |
January 31, 1989 Victoria, British Columbia, Canada |
| Genres | Classical |
| Occupation(s) | Musician |
| Instruments | Violin |
| Labels | Atoll Label |
| Associated acts | The Chooi Brothers |
| Website | www |
Nikki Chooi (born January 31, 1989) is a Canadian classical violinist. He is the winner of the 2013 Michael Hill International Violin Competition in New Zealand and Laureate of the 2012 Queen Elisabeth Music Competition. Appointed by Maestro James Levine, Nikki serves as Concertmaster of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra in New York for the 2016/2017 season.
Nikki Chooi was born in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada to parents of Chinese descent. He began the violin at the age of four in the Suzuki method at the Victoria Conservatory of Music and at age nine, he became a protege of noted Canadian violinist, Sydney Humphreys.
In 2000, Chooi made his orchestral debut with the Victoria Symphony Orchestra and was subsequently invited to perform at the 2001 Victoria Symphony "Splash" held at the Victoria Inner Harbour for an audience of over 50,000 people. That same year, aged twelve, he performed Haydn's Violin Concerto in C Major with the Sinfonia Toronto Orchestra at the Glenn Gould Studio, this was recorded and broadcast nationally by CBC Radio.
In 2003, he began studies with Bill van der Sloot at the Mount Royal Conservatory in Calgary, Canada. His summer studies included attending the Morningside Music Bridge and the Young Artist Programme at the National Arts Centre. Throughout high school, Chooi won First Prize at the 2004 Canadian National Music Festival, and a few months later he won the 2004 Montreal Standard Life Competition where he debuted with the Montreal Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Jacque Lacombe. In 2007, he was the awarded a "Special Prize" at International Tchaikovsky Competition held in Moscow, Russia.
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