Fox Chan
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Violinist Fox Chan began studying piano and violin at the age of 4 with his mother Professor Luni Chen. He completed his Bachelor and Masters Degree studying with Professor Peter Shixiang Zhang and Associate Professor Alice Waten at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, where he was the recipient of the highest scholarship award.
Fox has won major competitions and awards in Australia and internationally, including the 1st prize of the Guangdong National Violin Competition in China (2001), and the prize for “Best International String Player” in the Gisborne International Music Competition (2010). As a chamber musician, Fox is the founder and violinist of the renown Estivo Trio.
Fox has given numerous solo recitals in Australia, New Zealand, France, Italy, Portugal, Norway, Poland, Singapore, China, Hong Kong and Macau where his performances were met with great enthusiasm. He has made concerto appearances as a soloist with the Hunan Symphony Orchestra, Zhejiang Symphony Orchestra, Xi’an Conservatorium Symphony Orchestra in China, Schnittke Chamber Orchestra, St Petersburg Chamber Orchestra in Russia, Orquesta Sinfonia of Micheoacan in Mexico, as well as chamber orchestras in Australia.
Fox was invited to record Bach’s Sonatas for Violin and Piano and The Musical Offering for IPCJSB, the recording label of the J.S.Bach International Piano Competition (Germany).
Fox teaches at the Sydney Conservatorium Open Academy Rising Stars program and also has been the Director of the Arco Music Academy since 2012. Many of his students have been prizewinners of international and national competitions. He gives masterclasses in US, Europe, Australia, Russia and China, and was on the jury of the 2018 International Violin Competition in Guimaraes, Portugal. In 2017, Fox founded the “Fox International Music Association” which aims to nurture the next generation of young musicians and to encourage the appreciation of classical music. In 2018, Fox was nominated by the Australia Council as Citizen of the Year for his outstanding performances and contribution to the community. Fox was appointed as guest professor to the Cleveland Institute of Music International Academy faculty in 2018 and in 2019, Fox founded the Sydney International Music Festival. Fox was awarded the Arts and Cultural Award on the 2020 Australia Day by the Australia Council.
Fox Chan plays on an 1886 Eugenio Degani violin.