Andrew Wan

Andrew Wan has been Concertmaster of the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal since 2008, while maintaining an active international career as soloist, chamber musician, and recording artist. He has appeared with major orchestras across North America, Europe, and Asia, and is a founding member of the New Orford String Quartet, one of Canada’s most celebrated ensembles. A frequent guest at festivals such as Seattle, Aspen, La Jolla, and St. Prex, he has collaborated with artists including the Juilliard Quartet, Vadim Repin, Daniil Trifonov, James Ehnes, and Gil Shaham.

His recordings span Grammy-nominated and Juno, Félix, and Opus award-winning albums on Analekta, Onyx, Bridge, and Naxos. His album of works for violin and orchestra by Bernstein, Moussa, and Ginastera with the OSM and Kent Nagano won a 2021 Juno Award. His duo with Charles Richard-Hamelin has produced acclaimed Beethoven and Schumann sonata cycles, with Brahms forthcoming. Wan teaches at McGill University and performs on a 1744 Bergonzi violin from the David Sela Collection and 1860 Dominique Peccatte bow from Canimex.