Knife Goes On, a.k.a. Heidi Chan, is a musician/composer from Toronto, Canada, currently living in Hong Kong.
Heidi is a graduate of York University’s Music program, with a focus on percussion and digital composition. In 2004, she won the Saint Thyagaraja Award for Excellence in the Study and Performance of South Indian Music. From 2000 to 2007, Heidi studied and performed with Canada’s preeminent taiko soloist Kiyoshi Nagata, and was a member of his ensemble Nagata Shachu, with whom she performed in numerous concerts and music festivals across Canada, the U.S., and Italy, She was an original member of rock band The Cliks, and contributed to the music of Ten Ten, a Japanese folk trio directed by Shamisen player/vocalist Aki Takahashi. In 2006, she formed The Fusilli Project with composer and spoken-word artist Gein Wong, an electronic duo that explores the potential of modern sounds with live traditional Asian instrumentation. Knife Goes On is her identity as an electronic music composer, centering her works around darker, more personal and psychological themes.
As a composer, Heidi has written for Japanese taiko, film, television, and various music collaborations.
In 2010, Heidi received an Emerging Artist Scheme grant from the Hong Kong Arts Development Council for the production of a full-length Japanese taiko music concert for Spring 2011. This performance will be the first concert in Hong Kong featuring the city’s first all-female taiko group.
