Instrument: violin
Andrew Wan is equally at home as orchestral musician, soloist and chamber musician. In August of 2008, he was named concertmaster of the Montreal Symphony Orchestra under Kent Nagano. His relationship with this orchestra began with performances under Jean-Francois Rivest as a result of winning the OSM-Standard Life Competition in 2007.
In recent seasons, he has appeared as soloist with the orchestras of Montreal, Toronto, Aspen, and Edmonton under conductors such as Jean-Claude Casadesus, Peter Oundjian, James DePreist and Michael Stern.
Andrew Wan has concertized extensively throughout the world, appearing in recital in venues such as Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Center, Alice Tully Hall, Jordan Hall, and Salle Gaveau with artists such as the Juilliard String Quartet, Sejong Soloists, the New Zealand Trio, Gil Shaham and Cho-Liang Lin. He is member of the N-E-W Piano Trio and the New Orford String Quartet.
Andrew Wan received his Bachelor and Master of Music Degrees from the Juilliard School under the tutelage of Masao Kawasaki and Ron Copes. In 2008, he was the only violinist to be accepted into the prestigious Artist Diploma Program at Juilliard.
Andrew Wan performs on a 1744 Michel'Angelo Bergonzi violin, and gratefully acknowledges its loan from the David Sela Collection.
Updated: March 2010