Timothy Chooi
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The 25-year old Timothy Chooi from Canada has been awarded 2nd prize at the 2019 Queen Elisabeth International Violin Competition in Brussels, Belgium.
The 2019 jury comprises: Pierre Amoyal, Martin Beaver, Corina Belcea, Patrice Fontanarosa, Pamela Frank, Lorenzo Gatto, Koichiro Harada, Yossif...
24-year-old Canadian violinist is the first prize winner of the 10th Joseph Joachim International Violin Competition Hanover
In the anniversary edition of the Joseph Joachim Violin Competition, the first prize in the amount of € 50,000 goes to Timothy Chooi. The award includes the loan of a...
I am happy to announce the release of my video Csárdás / Czardas from Monti filmed in Lionel Groulx Metro Station, Montreal, Québec (Canada) and recorded in Philadelphia.
I really enjoyed to create that story around the music and to give that impromptu concert in metro station....
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Saturday - October 19, 2019
7:30 PM
Mozart Violin Concert No. 5 with Gemma New
Hamilton Ontario Canada
Featured Video
Voice of an Angel, Vocalise : Rachmaninoff
Timothy Chooi, violin/violon
Janelle Fung, piano
"Vocalise" is a song by Sergei Rachmaninoff, composed and published in 1915 as the last of his 14 Songs or 14 Romances, Op. 34. Written for high voice (soprano or tenor) with piano accompaniment, it contains no words, but is sung using any one vowel of the singer's choosing.
This recording is exemplified on the violin and piano. The violin cannot produce any words, and therefore performs this work very well. There are emotions of loneliness, sadness, and confusion, but despite these intense feelings, the piece maintains a meditative overarching character.
It starts with the piano playing a repetitive vamp, and the violin enters with a lonely but distinctive voice. The voice of the violin paints the image of the voice in a grave yard. As the piece develops the violin changes its facade, and becomes intensely emotional with flavors of sorrow, crying and mourning before resolving in a ghostly voice at the end.
Head here for tour dates and locations: http://www.timothychooi.com/
Sheet music here:
http://imslp.org/wiki/Cs%C3%A1rd%C3%A1s_(Monti%2C_Vittorio)
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Anne Kostalas, videographer
Benoît Chamontin, creative producer
Drew Schlegel, recording engineer
With thanks to St. George's Anglican Church in Montreal, Canada.
Timothy Chooi, violin/violon
Janelle Fung, piano
"Vocalise" is a song by Sergei Rachmaninoff, composed and published in 1915 as the last of his 14 Songs or 14 Romances, Op. 34. Written for high voice (soprano or tenor) with piano accompaniment, it contains no words, but is sung using any one vowel of the singer's choosing.
This recording is exemplified on the violin and piano. The violin cannot produce any words, and therefore performs this work very well. There are emotions of loneliness, sadness, and confusion, but despite these intense feelings, the piece maintains a meditative overarching character.
It starts with the piano playing a repetitive vamp, and the violin enters with a lonely but distinctive voice. The voice of the violin paints the image of the voice in a grave yard. As the piece develops the violin changes its facade, and becomes intensely emotional with flavors of sorrow, crying and mourning before resolving in a ghostly voice at the end.
Head here for tour dates and locations: http://www.timothychooi.com/
Sheet music here:
http://imslp.org/wiki/Cs%C3%A1rd%C3%A1s_(Monti%2C_Vittorio)
Follow me here:
https://www.facebook.com/timothychooi
https://twitter.com/TimothyChooi
http://www.instagram.com/timothychooi
Anne Kostalas, videographer
Benoît Chamontin, creative producer
Drew Schlegel, recording engineer
With thanks to St. George's Anglican Church in Montreal, Canada.