Da-Wei Chan
Violin
Bio
Da-Wei has been passionate about playing the violin ever since he picked up his first instrument at 5 years old. Guided by one of the Lower Mainland’s greatest strings pedagogue, Carla Birston and supported by a musical family, Da-Wei flourished culminating in his original debut with the VSO at 11 years old in 2019. Together with the VSO, the VSO School of Music (VSOSoM) also played a huge role in his musical upbringing where not only did he learn violin technique and solo repertoire from Carla, he was immersed in chamber music as part of the Provincially awarded Astral String Quartet coached by VSO’s Concertmaster, Nick Wright. Da-Wei also leads the VSOSoM’s advanced strings ensemble, Sinfonietta, as its concertmaster. In 2025, he will have the privilege of sharing the Orpheum stage one more time with the VSO playing the hauntingly beautiful Sibelius Violin Concerto before graduating high school to start the next chapter in his life, university.
