Chloe Chua (; pinyin: Cài Kēyí) (born 7 January 2007) 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 in
Geneva, Switzerland.
She is also the winner of the 24th
Andrea Postacchini
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International Violin Competition in Category A.
Biography
From Singapore, Chloe Chua was originally introduced to the violin at age 4 and to the piano at age 2.5 by her mother, who is a music educator. Her teacher is Yin Ke, who started teaching her at age 4 at the
Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts and School of Young Talents String Section.
She has performed across the world in locations such as the U.K., 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.
Chua has also performed with the
Singapore Symphony Orchestra,
Xiamen Philharmonic Orchestra
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, Salzburg Chamber Soloists, Russian National Youth Orchestra,
Kammerorchester Basel
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and the
China Philharmonic Orchestra. In 2018, Chua and
Christian Li were both awarded first prize in the Junior division of the Menuhin Competition.
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 the piece '' Paganiniana '' composed by violinist
Nathan Milstein from The Caprice No.24 of Paganini. She also took part in a "Ling Ling Workout" with Chen and Yang, released in March 2021, and a later video skit released in May 2021.
Chua has played on violins such as an 1884 Vincenzo Postiglioni loaned from Dr. Peter Chew and a one-year loan on a 1625
Amati violin from
Florian Leonhard
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Fine Violins.
She currently performs on a
Peter Guarneri
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,
Mantua 1729, on loan from the Rin Collection.
Awards and appearances
* First prize winner, Junior division, Thailand International Strings Competition
* 2015: Third prize winner, Junior division, Singapore National Piano and Violin Competition
* 2016: First prize winner, Junior Category, Symphony 924 Young Talents Project
* 2017: Third prize winner, 2nd Zhuhai International Mozart Competition for Young Musicians Violin Group A
* 2017: First prize winner, Category A, 24th Andrea Postacchini Violin Competition
* 2017: First prize winner, Junior division, Singapore National Piano and Violin Competition
* 2018: First prize winner, Junior division,
Yehudi Menuhin International Competition for Young Violinists
References
External links
Official website
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21st-century violinists
Singaporean violinists
2007 births
Living people