"vivid master… brilliant technique… ability to project vivid emotion and drama.”
— Mark Sebastian Jordan, Seen & Heard International
19 Nov 2023
"Alan Choo was an ever-animated presence, moving freely with each beat, as if instilling into every note an infectious vitality. The absence of a podium conductor was never missed for a moment.”
— Dr. Chang Tou Liang, The Straits Times Singapore
13 April 2022
"Alan Choo completed the journey with the happiest possible interpretation of Winter. Gone was the icy snowfall, replaced by the reassuring warmth of a fireplace."
— Chang Tou Liang, The Straits Times
13 Sep 2021
"Alan Choo delivers a lively and sonorous performance of the solo part."
— Daniel Hathaway, clevelandclassical.com
20 May 2021
"Alan Choo is an articulate soloist whose striking confidence melded with the vivacity of the orchestra."
— Lisa DeBenedictis, Cool Cleveland
25 Apr 2021
"Alan Choo was a dynamo, delivering lines with panache. He exemplified virtuosity."
— Zachary Lewis, cleveland.com
22 Apr 2021
"It was exciting to see [Alan Choo's] artistic grip, confidence, and sense of engagement with this ensemble... With the continuo section led by cellist René Schiffer – who made sure that the musicians kept glued to any expressive variances in tempo that Choo introduced – they not only matched his precision, but also provoked him to more dramatic heights."
— Mark Sebastian Jordan, Seen and Heard International
18 Feb 2020
"Alan Choo was lively and engaging on both the baroque violin and the older medieval vielle..."
— Mark Sebastian Jordan, Seen and Heard International
27 Nov 2019
"...the sturdy beauty of [Alan Choo]'s tone and the feeling he invested in many of the phrases kept his contribution far from academic dryness."
— Mike Greenberg, Incident Light
08 Oct 2019
"Alan Choo served as poetic soloist for the ‘Spring’ and ‘Summer’ Concertos, bending tempos and exploring Vivaldi’s scene painting in breathtaking fashion. Thinking back to square and unimaginative performances of the opening of the ‘Spring’ Concerto (which I grew up on), it was an absolute relief to hear Choo and Apollo’s Fire find such freedom."
— Mark Sebastian Jordan, Seen and Heard International
05 Oct 2019
"A commanding reading of the canonical chord progression gave way to a breathless tour de force, with some good-natured dueling between violinists Alan Choo and Emi Tanabe emblematic of the ensemble’s blistering virtuosity."
— Sam Jacboson, quast-faust: Concert reviews from Cleveland, Chicago and beyond
10 Mar 2019
"Vivaldi's Summer from The Four Seasons...saw Choo in his element for its virtuosic solo part. His was an animated stage personality equalled by perfect intonation and the sheer ease and natural way of his bowing. This drew the loudest and longest applause."
— Dr. Chang Tou Liang, The Straits Times Singapore
07 Jan 2019
"...Alan Choo took full command of the lovely central movement [of the Prokofiev Second Concerto], soaring sublimely above the gently ticking orchestral accompaniment. He distinguished himself, and the entire performance, with his gorgeous tone and an unerring feel for the music's exotic character."
— Marc Rochester, The Straits Times Singapore
19 Jul 2016
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Choo in particular seemed to lap up all the technical challenges thrown to him, and his playing had wit and romance to spare”
— Mervin Beng, The Straits Times Singapore
24 Dec 2015
"Choo opted for the Armenian Aram Khachaturian’s ethnic-flavoured Violin Concerto, an unabashed showpiece which he attacked with ferocity and fervour. He also had a free-wheeling quality, resounding as if improvised on the spot. [He] is the first Singapore-born violinist to win [the First Prize] since 2001."
— Dr. Chang Tou Liang, The Straits Times Singapore
13 Dec 2011