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Hong Kong violinist Daniel Chan started piano lessons
at the age of four and violin lessons with Ngai Ho-chau at the age of nine.
Whilst still a student, Chan won all the major violin prizes at the Hong Kong
Schools Music Festival, including the top prize for solo violin - the
Commercial Radio Prize (1985) at the age of 15.
After
completing secondary school education in Hong Kong, Chan entered the New
South Wales Conservatorium of Music (now Sydney) in Australia and obtained a
Bachelor's Degree in Music. Immediately upon graduation in 1991, Chan was
offered a position with the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, of which he is
still a member. During his tenure at the orchestra, he was invited to be
guest co-concertmaster of the Asian Friendly Concert in Fukuoka, Japan
in 1996.
Apart from
his career development as an orchestral musician, Chan is also a violin tutor
at various schools in Hong Kong. Chan is a
strong believer in music education and in 2002, he obtained a certificate of
child psychology so that he could devise more effective methods of violin
teaching for children.
He has led
the Hong Kong Chamber Orchestra since 2004 and also played with the Orchestra
as a soloist.
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