Christine Chen

Born in Calgary, Christine Chen began violin at the age of three and piano at the age of six. She is an alumnus of the Academy program at Mount Royal University Conservatory and the Calgary Youth Orchestra. As a child, she participated in competitions like Canadian Music Competition, Calgary Concerto Competition and won many awards at the Calgary Performing Arts Festival.

She received her BMus and MMus from University of Calgary. Christine graduated from the Boston Conservatory with a post-graduate diploma. There, she won the Honors Chamber Music Competition and also served concertmaster for many different ensembles. She made her Carnegie Hall debut winning first prize at the Concert Artist International Competition. She is also the second prize winner of the Virtuoso International Music Award in UK.