Max Tan

Born in Rockville Maryland in 1993, Taiwanese American violinist Max Tan has been praised as "eloquent" by the New York Times and a "warmly rhapsodic player" by the Boston Globe. The recipient of numerous awards, most recently the 2019 Foote Prize from the Harvard Musical Association, Mr. Tan has been featured on WNYC/WQXR and Belgian radio Musiq3 and Canvas as a semifinalist in the 2019 Queen Elisabeth International Violin Competition. Appearing as soloist with many orchestras including the Juilliard Orchestra, New Juilliard Ensemble, Orchestre Royal de Chambre de Wallonie, Lowell Philharmonic, Longwood Symphony, Boston Philharmonic Youth, and Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestras, he has also performed on prominent stages in the US and Europe as recitalist and chamber musician. Mr. Tan makes his debut with recitals and arts outreach in China in December 2019. He is faculty assistant to Catherine Cho and pursuing his Doctorate of Musical Arts as a Celia Ascher Fellow at The Juilliard School.