VC Artist Timothy Chooi Becomes Head of Strings at University of Ottawa

The Canadian-American violinist was promoted to Associate Professor of Violin & Head of Strings at University of Ottawa

VC Artist violinist Timothy Chooi first joined the University of Ottawa faculty in 2021. He has now been promoted to Associate Professor of Violin & Head of Strings.

In the upcoming year, Chooi collaborates with London's Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and returns to the Toronto Symphony. He also debuts with the European Union Youth Orchestra, Brucknerhaus Orchester, and at the Wimbledon Music Festival in London.

A graduate of the Curtis Institute of Music and The Juilliard School, and professional studies candidate at the Kronberg Academy with Christian Tetzlaff, Timothy is a former major prize winner at the Michael Hill and Queen Elisabeth International Violin Competitions and the Astral Artists National Auditions. In 2018, he was awarded first prize at the Joseph Joachim International Violin Competition, in Hannover, Germany.

He was also awarded the coveted "Prix Yves Paternot" Prize at the 2018 Verbier Festival, presented to the "most accomplished young musician".

Timothy plays two exceptional violins: the Titan Guarneri Del Gesu violin from 1741, on loan from CANIMEX INC. in Drummondville, Quebec, Canada, and the Engleman Stradivarius violin from 1709, on loan from the Nippon Music Foundation in Japan.