Ka Nin Chan

Biography

Chan Ka Nin has won numerous national and international composition awards including Béla Bartók International Composers' Competition, Barlow International Competitions, Jean A. Chalmers Awards for Musical Composition, and Juno Award for Best Classical Composition. He has received about 40 and 29 composition awards. His works have been performed in North America, Europe and Asia by ensemble such as the National Arts Orchestra, Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Vancouver Symphony, CBC Vancouver Orchestra, Calgary Philharmonic, Kodaly Quartet, Purcell Quartet, the Thirteen Strings of Ottawa. Prof. Chan has served on the board of the Canadian League of Composers. Some of his works are published by Editio Musica Budapest, Hinshaw Music and Jaymar Music. His recent compositions are available on 6 CD's by artists such as The Esprit, Ottawa Winds, Amici, Rosemarie Landry and Lawrence Cherney. Prof. Chan taught at Indiana University before coming to University of Toronto in 1982.