Timo-Veikko 'Tipi' Valve

Principal Cello

Chair sponsored by Peter Weiss AO

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.

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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 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.