Praised for her sensitivity and incredible tone, Hong Kong-born violinist Angela Sin Ying Chan has found success both as a soloist and a chamber musician.  The two-time Heifetz student, as well as an Artist in Residence, Heifetz on Tour and Heifetz Ensemble in Residence member, Angela has been a top prize winner of the Singapore International Violin Competition, Louis Spohr, Shanghai Issac Stern, Harbin, Nomea, ArsClassica, and Michael Hill International Competitions, and the founder of the AYA piano trio, Angela is fast emerging as one of the most unique and polished violinists of her generation.

As an active chamber musician, Angela has collaborated with world famous artists such as Nobuko Imai, Hsinyun Huang, Peter Wiley, Tien-Tsin Cindy Wu, and Gary Hoffman. As the violinist of the AYA piano trio, the trio has won first prize of the WDAV Chamber Music Competition and Yellow Spring Chamber Competition. AYA piano trio is currently represented by Jean Schreiber Management.

In addition to her time at the Heifetz Institute, Angela’s festival appearances as a soloist and chamber musician include the – Verbier Festival Academy, Great Lakes Chamber Music Festival, and Norfolk Chamber Music Festival.

As a soloist, Angela has appeared with numerous orchestras including The Staatskapelle Weimar Orchestra of Germany, Singapore Symphony Orchestra, China Philharmonic Orchestra, EOS Orchestra of Beijing, and the Hong Kong Symphonia. In 2016, Ms. Chan was selected as a soloist to a tour around the states with The Curtis Chamber Orchestra. She has also played in 9 concerts with the Curtis Symphony Orchestra in their “2017 Europe Tour”. Ms. Chan has held many recitals in various cities such as Philadelphia, Hong Kong, Beijing, Xiamen, and Guizhou.

Born in Hong Kong, Angela started playing the violin at the age of 3 under her mother. She continued her violin studies with Michael James Ma, Vera WeiLing Tsu in China, and Heifetz faculty member Shmuel Ashkenasi, Pamela Frank, and Aaron Rosand at the Curtis Institute of Music. With full scholarship granted, she is currently studying with Donald Weilerstein at the New England Conservatory of Music. She is also scholarship recipient of the Hong Kong Jockey Club Music and Dance fund and the Lin Yao Ji Foundation.