About

Hong Kong–Canadian soprano and harpist Nicole Chan is a Doctor of Music (Vocal Performance) and a Graduate Certificate (Choral Conducting) Candidate at McGill University’s Schulich School of Music. She holds a Master of Music (Vocal Performance and Vocal Pedagogy) and a Bachelor of Music (Vocal Performance) from the Royal Danish Academy of Music in Copenhagen, graduating with the highest academic distinction, as well as a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from the Global Leaders Institute.

This season, Nicole performs with Opera McGill as Madame Herz in Mozart’s The Impresario and as Monica in Menotti’s The Medium, conducts the school choir, the Schulich Singers, and is featured as a soloist in the McGill Songbirds’ concert in Hong Kong.

In the 2024–2025 season, Nicole presented solo recitals at the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, the Hong Kong Museum of Art, The Celeste Series, and Musica del Cuore. Her recent operatic roles include Berta in Il barbiere di Siviglia with NUOVA Vocal Arts, Sœur Constance in Dialogues des Carmélites with Opera McGill, Milica in Svadba with Opera Horizons, and Dodo in The Merry Widow (Die lustige Witwe) with Opera Hong Kong. She was a soloist with the McGill Contemporary Music Ensemble and was awarded First Prize at the 2025 Canadian Classival Competition.

From an early age, Nicole has found joy in playing the piano and harp. Building on this dedication, she went on to receive the Licentiate Performance Diploma from the Trinity College London in Piano and the Diploma of the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music in Harp.

Nicole is fluent in English, Cantonese, and Mandarin, and conversant in Danish, Italian, German, French, and Shanghainese. She is a finalist for McGill University’s Research Alive Prize and a recipient of the Li Ka Shing Foundation–Opera Hong Kong Young Artist Overseas Fellowship.

In addition to being a published poet, Nicole is an enthusiast for gastronomy and oenology. She aspires to be a sommelière.