SKETCHING WITH MY FLUTE
Conrad Chow, Violinist
Born and raised in Toronto, Canada, violinist Conrad Chow is quickly establishing himself as an exciting young artist to watch. A review in the Halifax Chronicle-Herald praised "the full, sweet, seductive intensity of Chow's sound," and his performance alongside Ani Kavafian with the Columbia Festival Orchestra was hailed as "ornate and satisfying" by the Albany Times Union. Dr. Chow began his violin studies at the age of 3 with Janet Wilchfort, and later with Alec Hou at the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto. He then earned Bachelor's and Master's degrees at Indiana University's School of Music, where he studied under Miriam Fried. He went on to complete his DMA from the State University of New York, Stony Brook, having studied under noted violinists Pamela Frank, Ani Kavafian, and Philip Setzer, and later completed further post-doctoral work with Eduard Schmieder in Philadelphia. He was a Visiting Assistant Professor of Violin at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia for the 2006-2007 season.
Dr. Chow was a laureate at the 2006 International Stepping Stone Competition in Quebec. He has also been a feature performer at the New Brunswick Summer Music Festival, the American Suzuki Institute at the University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point, and was selected as the David G. Whitcomb Foundation's Young Artist of 2003. His recent appearances as soloist have included performances with the Brampton Symphony, Scarborough Philharmonic, and a collaboration between members of the Wurttemberg Chamber Orchestra Heilbronn and the UTS Chamber Orchestra under the baton of maestro Ruben Gazarian. He has performed in such venues as the Mozarteum in Salzburg, Qingdao Music Hall in China, New York's Carnegie Hall (Zankel Hall) and Staller Center for the Arts; UCLA and Disney Hall in LA, Philadelphia's Kimmel Center, and Toronto's Glenn Gould Studio and George Weston Recital Hall, and recent recitals have included performances in the St. Cecilia Concert Series, and the University of Toronto's Hart House Sunday Concert Series, and have been broadcast on CBC Radio. Dr. Chow is also an active chamber musician, having studied extensively with the Grammy Award-winning Emerson String Quartet, and appearing in chamber music performances with Paul Biss, Christina Dahl, David Finckel, and Miriam Fried. In 2001, his string quartet was grand-prize winner of the Indiana University Kuttner String Quartet Competition, granting the group the honor of performing as the quartet-in-residence for the 2001-2002 season. He has also appeared as a member of the prestigious iPalpiti Chamber Orchestra since 2008. For more information, please visit www.conradchow.org