The 24 2018 fine instrument loan recipients from the Canada Council for the Arts instrument bank have today been announced – including VC Young Artists Blake Pouliot and Timothy Chooi.
The bank comprises 24 fine string instruments, with a net worth totaling more than CAD $41 Million, which are awarded on loan every three years to young Canadian classical musicians who are ready to embark on an international solo or chamber music career.
- Violinist, VC 'Young Artist' Blake Pouliot – 1729 Guarneri del Gesù violin
- Violinist, VC ‘Young Artist’ Timothy Chooi – 1717 Windsor-Weinstein Stradivarius violin
- Violinist, Heemin Choi – 1768 Miller Januarius Gagliano violin
- Violinist, Emma Meinrenken – 1689 Baumgartner Stradivarius violin
- Violinist, Eva Aronian – 1700 Bell Giovanni Tononi violin
- Violnist, Christopher Whitley – 1700 Taft Stradivarius violin
- Cellist, Albert Seo – 1702 Giovanni Grancino cello
- Violinist, Lucy Wang – 1715 Dominicus Montagnana violin
- Cellist, Se-Doo Park – 1730 Newland Joannes Franciscus Celoniatus cello
- Violinist, Bora Kim – 1747 Palmason Januarius Gagliano violin
- Violinisti, Maia Cabeza – 1750 Carlo Ferdinando Landolfi violin
- Cellist, Bryan Cheng – 1696 Bonjour Stradivarius cello
- Violinist, Clara J. Lee – 1768 Antonio Gragnani violin
- Cellist, Cameron Crozman – 1769 Joannes Guillami of Barcelona cello
- Violinist, Emmanuel Vukovich – 1798 Joseph and Antonius Gagliano violin
- Violinist, Christina Bouey – 1820 Joannes Franciscus Pressenda violin
- Cellist, Grace Sohn – 1824 McConnell Nicolaus Gagliano II cello
- Violinist, Ji Soo Choi – 1830-50 Eckhardt-Gramatte Joachim Georges Chanot I violin
- Violinist, Carissa Klopoushak – 1851 Jean Baptiste Vuillaume violin
- Violinist, Byungchan Lee – 1869 Jean Baptiste Vuillaume violin
- Violinisti, Jasmine (Mengia) Lin – 1871 Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume violin
- Violinist, Emily Kruspe – 1900 Stefano Scarampella violin
- Violinist, Amy Hillis – 1902 Enrico Rocca violin
