Timo-Veikko 'Tipi' Valve

Principal Cello

Chair sponsored by Peter Weiss AO

Tipi studied at the Sibelius Academy in his home town of Helsinki and at the Edsberg Music Institute in Stockholm, Sweden, focusing on solo performance and chamber music at 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.

1616 Amati Cello

Learn about the 1616 Amati Cello Tipi performs on, kindly on loan from the ACO Instrument Fund.

Tipi works closely with a number of Finnish composers and has commissioned new works for the instrument. Most recently he 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. The 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.

Watch Tipi performing Debussy's Cello Sonata in a special arrangement for cello and orchestra.

Tipi works closely with a number of composers and has commissioned new works for the cello. Amongst the works he has premiered are concertos by Aulis Sallinen, Olli Virtaperko, Eero Hämeenniemi and Olli Koskelin, and he has also commissioned orchestrated arrangements of Olli Mustonen’s Cello Sonata and the Debussy Cello Sonata.

You can learn more about Tipi at www.timo-veikkovalve.fi.