Aaron Chan

Hong Kong-Canadian violinist Aaron Chan is recognized for his “calm, affectionate and continuous cantabile performance that has far exceeded the level of playing of his contemporaries.”

A two-time Sylva Gelber Award recipient, Aaron received Bachelor of Music with Stephen Rose and Jinjoo Cho at the Cleveland Institute of Music (CIM) and McGill University’s Schulich School of Music. He then continued his Masters degree at Rice University’s Shepherd School of music under the guidance of Paul Kantor. Aaron was the winner of the concerto competitions at CIM and Rice respectively. During the 2022-23 season, Aaron was a resident of the Rebanks Family Fellowship and International Performance Residency Program at the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto. In 2023, Aaron was awarded the winner of Young Artist Audition and was selected to join the roster of Musicus Soloists Hong Kong (MSHK). In May of 2024, Aaron joined the Hong Kong Sinfonietta as their Assistant Principal Second Violin.

Aaron especially loves playing chamber music, finding total joy in communicating with other musicians through sound alone. He’s spent summers at the McGill International String Quartet Academy, the ENCORE Chamber Music festival in Cleveland and at the Verbier Festival’s Soloist and Chamber Music Academy in Switzerland.