Nikki Chooi was born on January 31,1989 and is an American-Canadian classical violinist.
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Nikki Chooi previously served as concertmaster of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra in New York.
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Nikki Chooi is a prize winner of the Queen Elisabeth Music Competition and Tchaikovsky International Violin Competition and first-prize winner of the 2013 Michael Hill International Violin Competition, Montreal Symphony Manulife Competition, and Klein International Strings Competition.
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Nikki Chooi 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 Canadian violinist Sydney Humphreys.
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In 2000, Nikki Chooi made his orchestral debut with the Victoria Symphony Orchestra and was invited to perform at the 2001 Victoria Symphony "Splash" held at the Victoria Inner Harbour for an audience of over 50,000 people.
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Nikki Chooi attended the Curtis Institute of Music and the Juilliard School.
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Nikki Chooi's mentors have included Ida Kavafian, Joseph Silverstein, and Donald Weilerstein.
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Nikki Chooi has worked closely with Pamela Frank, Shmuel Ashkenasi, Peter Wiley, and Pinchas Zukerman.
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Nikki Chooi has performed chamber music at the Ravinia Festival, Chamber Music Northwest, the Dresden Music Festival, the Moritzburg Festival in Germany, the Marlboro Music Festival, and he has toured with Musicians from Marlboro.
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Nikki Chooi has performed as a guest concertmaster with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, Houston Symphony, Sydney Symphony Orchestra, and Macao Orchestra.
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Nikki Chooi has recorded for Naxos, Beau Fleuve, Atoll, and Decca labels.