Christine Chen - Wedding/Event Violinist

Born and raised in Calgary, Christine Chen began her violin studies at the age of three and her piano studies at the age of six. She is an alumnus of the Academy program at Mount Royal University Conservatory and the Calgary Youth Orchestra. As a child, she participated in competitions such as the Canadian Music Competition and has won many awards in the Kiwanis Festival. Both her Bachelor and Master in Music degree were studied at the University of Calgary, she studied under Edmond Agopian and second instrument studied with Lana Henchell. During the pandemic, she took private lessons with the concertmaster of the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra, John Lowry.
Currently, she is doing the Graduate Performance Diploma in the Boston Conservatory at the Berklee Collage of Music studying under Lynn Chang. As the Boston Conservatory, she had the pleasure to serve as concertmaster for the BCB string orchestra, conductors orchestra and served as assistant concertmaster of the Symphonic orchestra. Her trio was the winner of the BCB chamber music competition in 2021 and they held their debut recital in 2022. In 2023, she had the pleasure to perform the Sibelius Violin Concerto with the students at the Boston Conservatory.
Christine has performed for artists such as Michael Bublé, Richard Clayderman, Chris Hadfield and more. Christine enjoys performing not just classical music but also in the Berklee Performance Center Shows, recording for pop and film scores, performing for pop and film score concerts, and performing original compositions Christine enjoys studying jazz and improvisation with Berklee Professor Jason Anick and also takes vocal lessons with Berklee Professor Tom Baskett.