Andrew Wan

Concertmaster of the Montreal Symphony Orchestra since 2008, Andrew Wan is also active as a soloist and chamber music player. He is also a professor at Montreal's McGill University and a member of the New Orford String Quartet. Wan was born in 1983 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. He took up the violin as a kindergartner but attended a competitive high school where technical careers were favored, and at first, he did not aim toward a musical career. However, he applied to the Juilliard School in New York and was admitted, studying there with Ron Copes and Masao Kawasaki. He stay...