Gary Ngan

Violinist Gary Ngan has performed extensively across the continents of Asia, Africa, Europe, the North and South Americas as a chamber musician, ensemble clinician, historical performance specialist, orchestral leader, and soloist on both the modern and Baroque violin. He received degrees from Yale University and Eastman School of Music. He also holds the Fellowship Diploma from Trinity College, London and was awarded the Doctoral full-tuition scholarship from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

He has appeared in the Conservatory Project at the Kennedy Center and the New York String Orchestra Seminar at Carnegie Hall, as well as international music festivals. Besides being the Concertmaster of the Eastman Philharmonia (2007-2009) and the National Orchestral Institute (2006), he has served as the Concertmaster of Internationale Bachakademie Stuttgart’s Junges Stuttgarter Bach Ensemble (2012-2014).

In the field of period performance practice, Gary has collaborated as the ensemble leader with Jonathan Cohen, Iestyn Davies, and Hans-Christoph Rademann, performed under the baton of Simon Carrington, Stephen Layton, Paul O’Dette, Masaaki Suzuki, Matthew Halls, and Robert Levin, etc.. To promote the awareness of the historical-performance practice issues in the region, he regularly gives lectures and demos for the Early Music Society of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Arts Festival, and the Shantou University in China.​

Gary is the Associate Concertmaster of the City Chamber Orchestra of Hong Kong since 2010 and the Concertmaster of the Hong Kong SingFest. He is currently on faculty at the Hong Kong Baptist University, the Education University of Hong Kong, and the University of Hong Kong.

小提琴家顏嘉俊以樂團領導、獨奏者、古風演繹、早期音樂及室內樂音樂家的身份，曾於世界橫跨歐亞、北非及南北美洲超過六十個城市演奏。顏氏畢業於耶魯大學和伊士曼音樂學院，又考取了倫敦聖三一音樂學院院士文憑，也曾獲頒全費獎學金到美國伊利諾大學烏班那-香檳校舍攻讀博士學位。作為一位全面的音樂家，他曾在卡奈基音樂廳紐約弦樂團座談會和甘迺迪演藝中心的千禧舞台音樂學院計劃中演出，也經常活躍於國際知名的音樂節；曾參與的古風演繹組織包括有伊士曼早期音樂樂團、漢諾威古音樂學院、俄勒岡州和羅切斯特巴赫音樂節、耶魯古樂團等；作為樂團首席，顏氏曾領奏伊士曼愛樂樂團和馬里蘭州國家管弦樂學院。顏氏現任香港城市室樂團副首席，亦於香港教育大學、香港浸會大學及香港大學任教，也為香港藝術節、香港教育大學、香港浸會大學、中國汕頭大學和香港聲蜚合唱節作出演講示範。