{"id":27528,"date":"2023-02-02T09:00:18","date_gmt":"2023-02-02T14:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/concoursmontreal.ca\/?post_type=cmim-competitors&#038;p=27528"},"modified":"2023-05-11T22:36:55","modified_gmt":"2023-05-12T02:36:55","slug":"aaron-chan","status":"publish","type":"cmim-competitors","link":"https:\/\/www.concoursmontreal.ca\/en\/competitors\/aaron-chan\/","title":{"rendered":"Aaron Chan"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\">VIOLIN 2023<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a class=\"maxbutton-103 maxbutton maxbutton-violin-2023\" href=\"https:\/\/www.concoursmontreal.ca\/en\/violin-2023\/\"><span class='mb-text'>Violin 2023<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: #ff0000;\">Bita Cattelan Philanthropic Engagement Award<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Born in Canada, Aaron was raised in Hong Kong where he was granted a full scholarship at the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts\u2019 Junior Program, where he also studied viola as a double major.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Aaron received a Bachelor of Music at the Cleveland Institute of Music and McGill University\u2019s Schulich School of Music, where he studied with Jinjoo Cho, and also minored in Music History. He then continued on to his Masters&#8217;s degree at Rice University\u2019s Shepherd School of Music.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">In 2018, Aaron won the classical concerto competition and chamber competition with his quartet (Quatuor Lafontaine) at McGill, granting him performances at the Pollack Hall and the Chapelle historique du Bon-Pasteur. He has spent summers at the McGill International String Quartet Academy, the ENCORE Chamber Music festival in Cleveland and at the Verbier Festival&#8217;s Soloist and Chamber Music Academy in Switzerland.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Currently, Aaron is a resident of the Rebanks Family Fellowship and International Performance Residency Program at the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/aaronchanviolin.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Website<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Principal teachers<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Paul Kantor, 2020-2022<\/span> <span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559685&quot;:113,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240,&quot;469777462&quot;:[1813,6055,15434,31164],&quot;469777927&quot;:[0,0,0,0],&quot;469777928&quot;:[1,1,1,1]}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Jinjoo Cho, 2016-2020<\/span>\u00a0<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Stephen Rose, 2015-2018<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Major Competitions<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Winner, The Golden Violin Award, McGill, 2019<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559685&quot;:113,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240,&quot;469777462&quot;:[1813,6055,15434,31164],&quot;469777927&quot;:[0,0,0,0],&quot;469777928&quot;:[1,1,1,1]}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>\u00a0<\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\"><b><span data-contrast=\"none\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">ProgramME<\/span><\/span><\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">FIRST ROUND<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> Violin Sonata No.1 in G minor, BWV 1001<\/span>\u00a0<br \/><span style=\"font-size: 11px;\">I. Adagio\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> Violin Sonata K.301 in G Major<\/span>\u00a0<br \/><span style=\"font-size: 11px;\">I. Allegro con spirito\u00a0<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 11px;\">II. Allegro\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">HENRYK WIENIAWSKI <\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Variations on an Original Theme, Op. 15<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:0,&quot;335559737&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Piano_icon-2022.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-22132 alignleft\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Piano_icon-2022.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"50\" height=\"46\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><span class=\"TextRun Highlight SCXW18320530 BCX0\" lang=\"FR-FR\" xml:lang=\"FR-FR\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW18320530 BCX0\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"normaltextrun\" data-ccp-charstyle-defn=\"{&quot;ObjectId&quot;:&quot;48b96721-b467-42ac-be3b-f4138873f386|233&quot;,&quot;ClassId&quot;:1073872969,&quot;Properties&quot;:[469775450,&quot;normaltextrun&quot;,201340122,&quot;1&quot;,134233614,&quot;true&quot;,469778129,&quot;normaltextrun&quot;,335572020,&quot;1&quot;,469778324,&quot;Default Paragraph Font&quot;]}\">Pian<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW18320530 BCX0\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"normaltextrun\">ist<\/span><\/span><\/strong><span class=\"TextRun Highlight MacChromeBold SCXW18320530 BCX0\" lang=\"FR-FR\" xml:lang=\"FR-FR\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW18320530 BCX0\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"normaltextrun\">: <\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW18320530 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-CA\" xml:lang=\"EN-CA\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW18320530 BCX0\">Philip Chiu<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW18320530 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559740&quot;:252}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><i>Aaron Chan i<span lang=\"EN-US\">s generously sponsored by <\/span>Nathalie Pratte.<\/i><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/concoursmontreal.ca\/en\/competitors\/elli-choi-2\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-17690 size-full\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/next-button.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a class=\"maxbutton-75 maxbutton maxbutton-support-the-concours\" href=\"https:\/\/www.concoursmontreal.ca\/en\/support\/donate\/\"><span class='mb-text'>SUPPORT THE CONCOURS<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>VIOLIN 2023 &nbsp; Bita Cattelan Philanthropic Engagement Award Born in Canada, Aaron was raised in Hong Kong where he was granted a full scholarship at the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts\u2019 Junior Program, where he also studied viola as a double major. 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