Quang Tran

Dr. Quang Tran received the Doctor of Musical Arts degree at the University of North Texas under the instruction of Dr. Kimberly Cole Luevano and Dr. John Scott. During his time at UNT, he has held the Teaching Assistant position and clarinetist of the Woodwind Quintet of the Center for Chamber Music at the University of North Texas. Quang earned the Master of Music from Temple University in Philadelphia, where he studied with Paul Demers.

Quang Tran began his formal training in clarinet at the age of fourteen under the instruction of Dr. Vu Dinh Thach at the Vietnam National Academy of Music. He is currently a lecturer of the clarinet faculty and chamber music at the Vietnam National Academy of Music. Quang Tran is currently holding Chair of Vietnam by the International Clarinet Association. He is the performing artist of Buffet Crampon Paris and Vandoren Paris.

Quang Tran has appeared as a soloist with Vietnam National Symphony Orchestra, Hanoi Philharmonic Orchestra, Sun Symphony Orchestra, Bucharest Symphony, and the Concert Orchestra at the University of North Texas. Quang Tran can be heard from GIA label recordings as principal clarinet with North Texas Wind Symphony.

A prolific orchestral musician, Quang has performed as principal clarinetist with many international and domestic orchestras. In addition to participating in the International Clarinet Concours Markneukirchen in Germany, Quang Tran won first prize at the Asian Symphonic Band Competition in Thailand as a member of the Hanoi Student Wind Quintet, and he was the winner of the 2018 University of North Texas Concerto Competition.

Dr. Tran has participated in conferences, festivals, and performed numerous concerts at many of the most prestigious concert halls in Berlin, Bonn, Philadelphia, Washington DC, New York, Hong Kong, Seoul, Dallas, Tokyo, Beijing, Singapore, and many other cities.