Timo-Veikko Valve
Principal Cello

“This is just your normal, some might say dull, description of what I
have been up to in my professional life thus far. Not much else fits into the whirlwind
schedule of a musician, so I am fortunate to have my friends and southern hemisphere
family, old and new, all here at the ACO.” Tipi
Timo-Veikko “Tipi” Valve is one of the most versatile musicians of
his generation performing as a soloist, chamber musician and orchestral leader on
both modern and period instruments.
Valve studied at the Sibelius Academy in his home town of Helsinki and at the Edsberg
Music Institute in Stockholm, Sweden, focusing in solo performance and chamber music
on both institutions.
He has performed as a soloist with all major orchestras in Finland and as a chamber
musician throughout Europe, Asia, Australia and the US. He works closely with a number
of Finnish composers and has commissioned new works for the instrument. Most recently
Valve has premiered concertos by Aulis Sallinen and Olli Virtaperko as well as two
new cello concertos written for him by Eero Hämeenniemi and Olli Koskelin. ACO’s
2015 season included the world premiere of an arrangement of Olli Mustonen’s
Sonata for cello and chamber orchestra, commissioned by Valve and the ACO.
In 2006, Valve was appointed Principal Cello of the Australian Chamber Orchestra
with whom he frequently appears as soloist. He also curates the ACO’s chamber
music series in Sydney. Tipi is a founding member of Jousia Ensemble and Jousia Quartet.
Valve plays a Hieronymus and Antonio Amati cello kindly on loan from the ACO Instrument
Fund.
Chair sponsored by Peter Weiss AO