Patty Chan is a second-generation Chinese Canadian erhu musician, educator, composer, and author. She
is the Concertmaster of the Toronto Chinese Orchestra (www.TorontoChineseOrchestra.com), Cofounder
of PhoeNX Ensemble (www.PhoeNXEnsemble.com) with harpist Sanya Eng, and the Founder of
the Centre for Music Innovations (https://musinno.com). As an erhu musician, Patty has collaborated and
premiered new works with many ensembles and organizations, including New Music Concerts, Strings of
St. John’s, Red Snow Collective, the Toronto Masque Theatre, and the Canadian Children’s Opera
Company. Her composition, Redemption: The Chan Kol Nidre (2015) for erhu and viola da gamba has
been added to the archives at the Beit Hatfutsot in Tel Aviv, a museum for the Jewish people.
Patty has taught erhu and Chinese music at York, Toronto Metropolitan, and Carleton universities. She
teaches erhu locally and internationally through the Centre for Music Innovations. She has written several
books about the erhu that have sold in over 30 countries, and a children’s storybook about Chinese
instruments with narration in three languages and music recording. She completed her MA in
ethnomusicology at York University, with a focus on Chinese orchestras in the diaspora, and creating
cultural connections through music.