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Jade Chan, aged 12, a year 7 IB student in Hong Kong. Apart from being a full-time student, she is majoring piano in piano performance under the tutelage of Dr. Amy Sze upon her admission to the Junior Programme at the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts when she was 5. Besides, she is also a part-time student of the Hong Kong Academy for Gifted Education.

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Jade started piano learning when she was 3. She gained a distinction in the ABRSM piano grade 8 exam at the age of 7. When Jade was 8, she was awarded a distinction in Trinity ATCL piano exam, with the achievement of being the regional highest scorer at the same time, in year 2019. She also obtained a distinction in Trinity LTCL piano exam when she was 11. She is the recipient of multiple scholarships including those from the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, Jacobs School of Music in Indiana University Bloomington, Sir Robert Trust Fund for Non-academic Outstanding Students, Grantham Scholarships Fund and Gifted Education Foundation for music category. She is now studying in Victoria Shanghai Academy with a full scholarship for her excellent achievement in performing arts.

Over the past few years, Jade has received numerous top prizes in local and overseas piano competitions, among which: Steinway & Sons International Youth Competition of Hong Kong and China Final, Grantham Music Awards, Hong Kong Schools Music Festival, HKGNA International Music Competition, Premia International Young Artists Music Festival, Kayserburg International Youth Piano Competition of Hong Kong and China Final, Xinghai Cup, Orbetello Piano Competition of Italy, Sound Espressivo Music Competition of USA, San Francisco International Young Artist Music Competition, Taiwan First Prize Competition and Japan Classical Music Competition. She was selected as “Young Talent” in the 5th Hong Kong International Piano Competition and performed in the Winners' Gala Concert in City Hall Theatre, Hong Kong. As a frequent winner of Hong Kong Schools Music Festival, the most iconic music competition among Hong Kong students, Jade was invited to perform in the winners’ concert in 2022.

Jade’s music study is not only confined to Hong Kong. For the most recent activities, she enrolled in Edward Auer Piano Workshop at Jacobs School of Music in Indiana University Bloomington and Cleveland International Piano Institute for Young Artists, presented by the Cleveland Institute of Music and the Lang Lang International Music Foundation in summer 2023. She also attended a lot of masterclasses locally and abord with such renowned pianists as - Katarzyna Popowa-Zydroń, Eward Auer, Gabriela Montero, Antonio Pompa-Baldi, Daniel Shapiro, Kathryn Brown, Ching-Yun Hu, Yong Hi Moon, Janet Landreth, Soyeon Lee, Gabriel Kwok and Elenor Wong.

Other than piano solo work, Jade loves cooperating with others, she engages in plentiful ensemble music, such as duet, concerto, violin and piano sonata, piano trio and being the accompanist of orchestra, choir and different instrumentalists. Also, she is the pianist of Victoria Shanghai Academy and Hong Kong Children's Strings.

Being born into a music family, Jade has started learning violin since she was 3 with her father Mr. Felix Chan, the Music Director of Hong Kong Children’s Strings. She obtained a distinction in the ABRSM violin grade 8 exam at age of 7 and is the violinist of the orchestra. To further expand her music horizons, Jade also studies conducting under the tutelage of Mr. Choi Ho Man, currently the Music Director of the Pro Arte Orchestra of Hong Kong and former Resident Conductor of Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra. Jade also likes singing and has been an active member of the school choir since she was 7.