Bio
Violist Han Dewan is dedicated to making every performance a special shared experience. She is a founding member of self-managed non-profit Chaski Quartet and is an active freelancer in the DMV area. She is the former principal violist of the West Texas Symphony and performed with the Permian Basin String Quartet from 2019-21.
Recent solo programs have focused on the healing power of music through performances at Greater Baltimore Medical Center, University of Maryland Medical Center, University of Maryland Midtown Campus, and a planned performance in the atrium of the National Institutes of Health Clinical Center. In the concert hall, she is committed to expanding the audience for art music through multimedia collaborations: recent recitals have included poetry, film, and illuminated scores.
As violist of Chaski Quartet and former violist of the Permian Basin and Soltis String Quartets, she has performed chamber music throughout the United States, in addition to concerts in France, Canada, and Czechia. Recent collaborations include the Colorado Department of Corrections (CO), Grand Junction Symphony (CO), Tri-Lakes Center for the Arts (CO), Western State Colorado University (CO), Franklin Art Crawl (TN), Friendsof Cathedral Music at St. Johns (NM), Groupmuse, Union Square Chamber Music Society (NM), Garth Newel Music Center (VA), National Orchestral Institute (MD), and the Festival d’Aix (FR). She can be heard on albums released by Naxos, Klavier, and Navona, including the world premiere recording of Jack Stamp’s “String Quartet No.1.”
She is immensely grateful to her mentors: Lisa Steltenpohl of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, CJ Chang at the Peabody Institute, Kathryn Plummer and John Kochanowski at the Blair School, and Sherri Fleshner. She was the first woman to complete the Blair-to-Owen dual B.Mus. and MBA at Vanderbilt University. In 2022, she began medical studies at University of Maryland School of Medicine. She aims to become an otolaryngologist treating hearing loss and studies transcription factors involved in the development of hearing.