Claire Chan, born in Detroit, graduated Magna Cum Laude from Brown University where she earned musical honors and a Sc.B. in Neuroscience. Changing course, she continued her studies on the violin at The Juilliard School. As a scholarship student of Joseph Fuchs, she completed both her master's and doctoral degrees. She taught at the Juilliard School as an assistant to both Professor Fuchs and the Juilliard String Quartet and later served on the faculty in Beijing at the Central Conservatory and the Capital Normal University. Currently, she teaches at Third Street Music School Settlement and at the Chamber Music Center of New York. She performs as a member of the Harlem Chamber Players Quartet, Sweeney Todd on Broadway, and New York City Opera. An avid chamber musician, she has collaborated with several award-winning groups such as the Essex Quartet and the Beijing Quartet and Chamber Players. She also performed as a member of the Kneisel Trio, the Jade String Trio, and with such varied artists as Sam Smith, 50 Cent, Katy Perry, Lady Gaga, Tony Bennet, Hall and Oats, Andrea Bocelli and Placido Domingo. She can be heard on labels of RCA Victor, Centaur, Convivium, Annsam, ESS.A.Y, and Death of Classical.