Andrew Wan
Described as "tremendous" and "wildly virtuosic" by the New Zealand Listener, Canadian violinist Andrew Wan is equally at home as a soloist, chamber musician, and orchestral musician. He is the recipient of the 2007 Classical Recording Foundation's Young Artists Award, and will perform in Carnegie-Weill Hall in October 2007 as a result. Winner of the Juilliard and Aspen Music Festival Concerto Competitions in 2007, Mr. Wan made his New York concerto debut performing Elgar's Violin Concerto in b minor with the Juilliard Orchestra and James DePriest in Alice Tully Hall, and his Aspen debut with the Aspen Sinfonia and Michael Stern in the Benedict Music Tent, performing Saint-Sa‘ns' Third Violin Concerto. In 2005, he was the first prize winner at the Canadian Music Competitions, and a top laureate at the Michael Hill International Violin Competition in New Zealand, where Mr. Wan also won the prize for the best performance of the commissioned work earth, wind and fire... by David Farquhar.
Mr. Wan has concertized extensively throughout North America, South America, Europe, Asia and New Zealand, performing concertos with numerous orchestras such as the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra and Vivaldi's Four Seasons with Musica Eterna of Havana, Cuba. He has appeared in recital with the New Zealand Trio, violinist Cho-Liang Lin, principal bassist of the Los Angeles Philharmonic Christopher Hanulik, concertmaster of the Baltimore Symphony Herbert Greenberg, David Wakefield of the American Brass Quintet, and with eminent pianists Margo Garrett, Stephan Lemelin and Jane Coop. As part of the Juilliard School's Centennial Celebrations, Mr. Wan performed Mendelssohn's Octet with the Juilliard String Quartet in Carnegie-Zankel Hall. Mr. Wan's recent appearances include Chausson's Concerto for Violin, Piano and String Quartet in Alice Tully Hall, a premi¸re of Juilliard composer Michael Brown's Second Piano Trio, and a tour of Taiwan, Korea, and China with the International Sejong Soloists (ISS). He also recently performed with the ISS at the Kennedy Center in Washington, Salle Gaveau in Paris, and Cadogan Hall in London.
Mr. Wan is currently a founding member of the N-E-W Piano Trio with pianist Julio Elizalde and cellist Gal Nyska, which took first prize and the audience award in the Plowman Chamber Music Competition and the grand prize at the Coleman Chamber Music Competition this past spring. The trio has been presented by the Bangor Symphony Series, Bosendorfer New York, Winter Harbor Chamber Series, and the memorial of Arthur Schlesinger at Cooper Union for an audience that included former President Bill Clinton, Ted Kennedy, and Henry Kissinger. Next season, the trio will make their debuts at the Kennedy Center in Washington, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, and will present concerts in Florida, Missouri, California, Maine, New Jersey, New York, and Canada. They will be featured in concert with: Itzhak Perlman in the Ethical Society of New York and again at the Kennedy Center, and with violist Paul Hersh at the San Francisco Conservatory. The trio coaches primarily with Joseph Kalichstein and Charles Neidich. Mr. Wan is also a former member of the Enigma String Quartet, which won first prizes at the Canadian Music Competitions and the National Music Festival.
Mr. Wan received his Bachelor of Music Degree from the Juilliard School studying with Masao Kawasaki and is pursuing a Master of Music Degree under the tutelage of Mr. Kawasaki and Ron Copes. Past teachers include Cho-Liang Lin, Sally Thomas, Yuval Yaron, and Pinchas Zukerman. He is generously supported by the Canada Council, the Anne Burrows Foundation, the Alberta Foundation for the Arts, the Winspear Fund, a past recipient of the Schnurmacher Fellowship of New York's Music Performance Fund and is a recipient of a full tuition scholarship at the Juilliard School. Mr. Wan is currently on the PreCollege Ear Training Faculty at the Juilliard School. In 2007-08, he will serve as guest concertmaster for the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra under Bramwell Tovey.
Mr. Wan plays on a 1723 Carlo Bergonzi violin, a generous gift to The Juilliard School from Cordelia Lee Beattie, lent to him from the Juilliard Rare Instrument Collection.
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