Violinist Timothy Chooi Steps In With Mendelssohn For Sarasota Orchestra

Violinist Timothy Chooi steps in last minute to perform Mendelssohn's richly melodic and virtuosic Violin Concerto with Sarasota Orchestra and music director designate Bramwell Tovey for the orchestra's masterwork series this April 1, 2 and 3, 2022.

Acclaimed as "someone who makes music out of his own deep empathy for music, full of sensitivity in the discreet, full of luminosity and spirit, someone who succeeds in making the music speak" (Tiroler Tageszeitung), the concerts mark Chooi's debut with Sarasota Orchestra, and are his 26 through 28th performances of the virtuosic work that cycles between melancholy and exhuberance (he recently performed the work at the Concertgebouw in October 2021 earlier this season.

Programme

Bramwell Tovey, conductor

Timothy Chooi, violin

FRIDAY, April 1, 2022 I 8:00PM | VAN WEZEL

SATURDAY, April 2, 2022 I 8:00PM | VAN WEZEL

SUNDAY, April 3, 2022 I 2:30PM | VAN WEZEL

STRAUSS Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks

MENDELSSOHN Violin Concerto

COLERIDGE-TAYLOR Ballad in A Minor for Orchestra, Op. 33

RAVEL Daphnis and Chloe Suite No. 2

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Powerful and finely nuanced interpretations, sumptuous sonorities, and a compelling stage presence are just a few of the hallmarks of internationally acclaimed violinist Timothy Chooi. A popular soloist and recitalist, he is sought after as much for his passionate performances as for his wide-ranging repertoire. Recent honors include Second Prize, Belgium's world-renowned 2019 Queen Elisabeth Competition, First Prize, the 2018 Joseph Joachim International Violin Competition in Germany, and the First Prize, the 2018 Schadt Violin Competition in the USA, In 2018 Chooi also won the 'Prix Yves Paternot' of Switzerland's Verbier Festival, a prize which recognizes the most promising and accomplished musician of the annual Academy for young professional musicians, earning Chooi his future debut as a solo artist in the 2022 Verbier Festival.

2021-22 season engagements have included performances with Symphony NH and the Evansville Philharmonic in the U.S., a Wiener Concert-Verein European tour with violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter, concerts with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Montreal Bach Festival, Ottawa Chamber Fest, and Magdeburgische Philharmonie (Germany) to name a few.

Recent performances include The Belgian National Orchestra, Luxembourg Chamber Orchestra, and l'Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal; a live on-air recital on New York City's WQXR classical radio station; and recital tours of Belgium and the United States. In addition to having already performed with every major orchestra in his home country of Canada, Timothy Chooi has also played with the Brussels Philharmonic under Stéphane Denève, with Santa Barbara Symphony, Orchestre Philharmonique de Liége, Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra, and the Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra. Chooi has also made an extensive recital tour with Jeunesses Musicales du Canada, appeared at the Ravinia Festival, and made his Carnegie Hall debut.

Future engagements include returns to the Belgian National Orchestra, Verbier Festival, Wiener Concert-Verein, Tirol Festival Erl, Victoria Symphony Orchestra, Montreal Symphony Orchestra, and debuts with Deutsche Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Rheingau Musik Festival, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra and l'Orchestre symphonique de Québec.

Mr. Chooi performs on the 1717 Windsor-Weinstein Stradivarius on generous loan from the Canada Council for the Arts and is a recipient of the Nippon Music Foundation Rare Instrument Project from the Government of Japan. https://www.timothychooi.com

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