Praised for her sensitivity and incredible tone, Hong Kong-born violinist Angela Sin Ying Chan is a two-time Heifetz Institute alum, and a frequent Heifetz On Tour performing artist. Angela is the winner of 2024 Joseph Joachim Violin Competition in Hannover, Germany, and recipient of the prize for the best interpretation of commissioned work, First Prize and winner of the best interpretation of concerto prize in the 2017 Louis Spohr Violin Competition, and laureate of the Singapore International Violin Competition and Shanghai Issac Stern International Competition. Angela is also the founder and violinist of the AYA piano trio, First Prize winners of the WDAV Chamber Music Competition and Yellow Spring Chamber Competition.  Ms. Chan is fast emerging as one of the most unique and polished violinists of her generation. As a soloist, Angela has appeared with numerous orchestras. As an active chamber musician, Ms. Chan has collaborated with world famous artists such as Nobuko Imai, Phillip Setzer, Hsinyun Huang, Peter Wiley, Gary Hoffman, Shmuel Ashkenasi, and Marcy Rosen.

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 Beijing, China, and Heifetz faculty member Shmuel Ashkenasi, Pamela Frank, and Aaron Rosand at the Curtis Institute of Music. With full scholarship granted, she received her master’s degree with Donald Weilerstein at the New England Conservatory of Music. She is currently an Artist-in-Residence at the Queen Elizabeth Music Chapel in Belgium. Ms. Chan is the first awardee of the Music and Dance Distinguished Performance Commendation Scheme of the Hong Kong Arts Development Council, and the scholarship recipient of the Hong Kong Jockey Club Music and Dance fund and the Lin Yao Ji Foundation.