Chloe Chua Explained

Chloe Chua
Native Name:蔡珂宜
Native Name Lang:zh
Birth Date:7 January 2007
Birth Place:Singapore
Occupation:Violinist
Genre:Classical
Background:person
Module:
Child:yes
C:蔡珂宜
P:Cài Kēyí

Chloe Chua (born 7 January 2007)[1] is a Singaporean violinist. She is the first prize winner in the Junior division of the 2018 Yehudi Menuhin International Competition for Young Violinists alongside Christian Li,[2] and also the winner of the 24th Andrea Postacchini International Violin Competition in Category A.[3] She is currently the Artist-In-Residence of the Singapore Symphony Orchestra (for the 2022/23 and 2023/24 seasons).

Biography

From Singapore, Chloe Chua was originally introduced to the violin at age four and to the piano at two and a half years by her mother, who is a music educator. Her teacher is Yin Ke, who started teaching her at age four at the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts[4] and School of Young Talents String Section. She has performed across the world in countries such as the United States of America, Italy, China, Thailand, Saudi Arabia, and Singapore, and in festivals such as the New Virtuosi Queenswood Masterclass and the Singapore Violin Festival, and Chingay Festival.[5] Chua has also performed with the Singapore Symphony Orchestra,[6] Xiamen Philharmonic Orchestra,[7] Salzburg Chamber Soloists, Russian National Youth Orchestra, Kammerorchester Basel[8] and the China Philharmonic Orchestra.[9] In 2018, Chua and Christian Li were both awarded first prize in the Junior division of the Menuhin Competition.[10]

After her Menuhin Competition performance was featured in the 2018 video "Is Ling Ling a GIRL?" by music YouTubers Brett Yang and Eddy Chen of TwoSet Violin, the two visited Chua in September 2020 and held a master class session on Paganiniana, a piece composed by violinist Nathan Milstein and based on Paganini's Caprice No. 24.[11] [12] [13] Chua also took part in a "Ling Ling Workout" with Chen and Yang, released in March 2021,[14] and in a later video, "Our Secret Plan to Get Back into the Menuhin Competition (Ft. Chloe Chua)", released in May 2021.

Chua has played on violins such as an 1884 Vincenzo Postiglioni loaned from Peter Chew and a one-year loan on a 1625 Amati violin from Florian Leonhard Fine Violins.She currently performs on a Giovanni Battista Guadagnini, Milan 1753, on loan from the Rin Collection.[15]

Awards and appearances

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Chloe Chua performs Bach's Sonata in E Major, BWV 1016, Adagio ma non tanto and Allegro . Happy 15th birthday, Chloe Chua! We can't believe how much time has passed since Chloe won joint Junior 1st Prize at the #Geneva2018 Competition. . Menuhin Competition . Yehudi Menuhin International Competition for Young Violinists . 7 January 2022 . Facebook .
  2. Web site: The Violin Channel. 15 October 2018. VC RISING STAR Chloe Chua, 11 – Menuhin, Zhuhai, & Postacchini International Violin Competition Prizes. 21 March 2021. The World's Leading Classical Music News Source. Est 2009.. en-US.
  3. Web site: Chua Chloe. 21 March 2021. Menuhin. en.
  4. Web site: 小提琴手蔡珂宜; 父母是她的指挥棒 (Violinist Chloe Chua: Parents are her conductor batons). 21 March 2021. www.nafa.edu.sg. 22 December 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20211222232641/https://www.nafa.edu.sg/about-nafa/news/violinist-chloe-chua-parents-are-her-conductor-batons. dead.
  5. Web site: Chloe Chua – Atlanta Festival Academy. 21 March 2021. en-US. 22 December 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20211222232655/https://atlantafestivalacademy.org/chloe-chua/. dead.
  6. Web site: A Little Mozart with Chloe Chua (Online). Singapore Symphony Orchestra.
  7. Web site: Weibo Video . Mendelssohn Violin Concerto . 2 June 2021.
  8. Web site: Festival der Nationen in Bad Wörishofen: Tickets, Termin, Programm und Anreise. Mindelheimer. Zeitung. Augsburger Allgemeine. 3 October 2019 .
  9. Web site: 颜筱箐 . A celebration in strings . China.org.cn . 24 December 2019 . 20 August 2022.
  10. Web site: Channel. The Violin. 20 April 2018. BREAKING Joint 1st Prize Awarded at Junior Menuhin Competition. 21 March 2021. The World's Leading Classical Music News Source. Est 2009.. en-US.
  11. Web site: 22 September 2020. 13-year-old violin prodigy Chloe Chua roasts TwoSet Violin – watch. 21 March 2021. 13-year-old violin prodigy Chloe Chua roasts TwoSet Violin – watch Bandwagon Music media championing and spotlighting music in Asia.. en.
  12. Web site: 小小大師指導「雙琴俠」挑戰帕格尼尼. 9 October 2020. 民視新聞網.
  13. Web site: 小小大師指導雙琴俠挑戰帕格尼尼 | 娛樂星聞. 30 September 2020. star.setn.com.
  14. Web site: Ling Ling Workout Ft. Chloe Chua . YouTube.
  15. SSO . A gift to the universe . February 2021 . Page 8 . 2 June 2021.
  16. Book: Young Talents Project 2016 . 12 . 2 June 2021 . 2 June 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210602214400/https://tv.mewatch.sg/blob/9156382/d850d9eda77a602c6822f2c32a5e9b1b/ytp2017-booklet-data.pdf . dead .
  17. SSO . National Piano & Violin Competition 2017 . 8 December 2017 . Page 4 . 2 June 2021.

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