At the first recital of a 14-concert tour, Nikki Chooi showed that he was indeed a worthy winner of last year's Michael Hill International Violin Competition.
The young Canadian effortlessly performed the moods and styles of six challenging works on the programme.
His range of tonal control and colour was staggeringly good.
He was splendidly supported by pianist Stephen De Pledge who extracted spirited sounds from an ageing pianodespite a dull edge to its notes.
Mozart's E flat major Sonata, so refined in style and written for salon entertainment, but in the hands of these two artists it became gripping.
Prokofiev's Sonata No. 1, written in the turmoil of Russia at war, had rare harshness and rage but the two performers adroitly brought everything together to give the work poignancy and meaning.
A fitting end to the concert came from the earthy fireworks in a gypsy style at the finale of Ravel's Tzigane.