Andrew Wan, violin

Andrew Wan is equally at home as a soloist, chamber musician, and concertmaster. In August of 2008, he was named concertmaster of the Montreal Symphony Orchestra (MSO), making him one of the youngest concertmasters of a major symphony. As soloist, he has appeared with the orchestras of Montreal, Toronto, Newfoundland, Juilliard, Aspen, and Edmonton under conductors such as Nagano, Casadesus, Vengerov, Oundjian, DePreist and Stern. Mr. Wan has concertized extensively throughout the world, appearing in venues such as Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Center, and Salle Gaveau with artists such as the Juilliard Quartet, Gil Shaham, James Ehnes, and Cho-Liang Lin. He is member of the award-winning New Piano Trio and the New Orford String Quartet. He frequently serves as guest concertmaster for several North American orchestras and has appeared as artist and faculty at the Seattle Chamber, Agassiz, Aspen and Orford Music Festivals. Mr. Wan received his Bachelor of Music, Master of Music and the prestigious Artist Diploma degrees from the Juilliard School under the tutelage of Masao Kawasaki and Ron Copes. He is currently on faculty at the Schulich School of Music at McGill University in Montreal.