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Sarah Chang () (born December 10, 1980) is an United States|American classical violin ist. Her debut came in 1989 with the New York Philharmonic and the Philadelphia Orchestra . Shortly thereafter, Chang was recognized as a child prodigy . She enrolled at Juilliard School to study music, graduating in 1999 and continuing university studies. During the 1990s and 2000s, Chang had major roles including being a soloist with the New York Philharmonic . She has also performed in countries such as England , France , Germany , Netherlands , People's Republic of China|China , South Korea , and Japan .

She has collaborated with most major orchestras, including the New York Philharmonic and Berlin Philharmonic . For the 2004 Olympics , she was chosen to participate in the Olympic Torch relay in New York.. opus3artists.com . Yale University dedicated a chair in Sprague Hall for Chang's name in 2005.

Early life and education

Chang was born in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania and raised in Voorhees Township, New Jersey .Scher, Valerie. , San Diego Union-Tribune , October 31, 1995. Accessed March 17, 2011. "'I never play anything the same way twice,' she says by phone from her family's home in Voorhees, NJ." She is the daughter of Myoung-Jun, a composer, and Min-Soo Chang, who was a violinist and music teacher.. The Independent Music . August 12, 1999. Retrieved October 29, 2010. Chang's parents moved to the United States from South Korea in 1979 for her father's advanced music degree at Temple University . Her mother took composition classes at the University of Pennsylvania . Chang has said that although she "never actually lived in Korea... I do still feel very strongly it's where my roots are.". Korea JoongAng Daily . September 8, 2010. Retrieved October 30, 2010. She has a younger brother, Michael. In a 1998 interview to PBS , Chang explained that he is an avid tennis player and is thus often mistaken for being Michael Chang , an unrelated athlete with the same name.. PBS. March 3, 1998. Retrieved October 30, 2010. Her father has settled back to Korea, while her brother graduated from Princeton University in 2011.. Violinist.com . December 18, 2009. Retrieved October 30, 2010.. April 23, 2009. Retrieved October 30, 2010.

In 1986, when Chang was 5 years old, she eventually auditioned for and was accepted to the Juilliard School by performing the Max Bruch|Bruch Violin Concerto No. 1 (Bruch)|Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor . Chang spent her weekends attending music classes at Juilliard and shopping in New York City with her parents.. Broadway World . January 23, 2010. Retrieved October 31, 2010.'' America's Intelligence Wire '', May 9, 2004. In 1989, she began working with Dorothy DeLay at her studio, where her father had received his musical lessons. A former student and assistant to DeLay, Hyo Kang , also provided training to Chang.. Yale School of Music . Retrieved October 31, 2010.

In addition to her native English, she is fluent in both Korean language|Korean and German language|German .. Newsweek. August 9, 1999. Retrieved October 31, 2010.

Following her 1999 high school graduation in New Jersey , she returned to Juilliard for university and studied with DeLay.. UA News . February 24, 2004. Retrieved October 30, 2010.

Due to her musical accomplishments, Chang is among a very small number of professional figures recognized as a child prodigy .. Korea Times . December 7, 2009. Retrieved October 30, 2010.. Strings Magazine . January 2004, No. 115. Retrieved October 30, 2010.

Career

Early work

Her mother trained her to play one-finger melodies on the piano at age 3. For her fourth birthday, she was given a Violin#Sizes|1/16-sized violin. At age 8, she auditioned alongside Zubin Mehta and Riccardo Muti , who worked with the New York Philharmonic and the Philadelphia Orchestra . Both granted her immediate engagements.Heisler, T (September 15, 2004). Rocky Mountain News , p. 3.. Hollywood Bowl. Retrieved October 31, 2010.. Louisville Orchestra. February 2, 2009. Retrieved October 31, 2010.

In 1991, when Chang was 10 years old, she recorded her first album, Debut ;San Jose Public Library for Debut it was released by EMI Classics on August 18, 1992 and quickly reached the Billboard chart of classical best-sellers. at amazon.com Chang quickly rose to fame and became known on an international scale, performing up to 150 concerts a year. At the age of 17, she asked for a three-month break; this opportunity did not come until she turned 20 years old. In 2006, Newsweek ranked her as one of the Top Eight Achieving Females in the United States. In the interview accompanying the feature, she commented: "I think having a career at such an early age kept me focused. We schedule at least two to three years in advance in the classical industry. I felt so grounded and so grateful to already know what it was that I wanted to do with my life."

2002–2005

In 2002, she performed in Pyongyang, North Korea . Chang commented: "The concert was full of government officials. Every single last seat. It was invitation only, but it was an unbelievable experience. Frightening and exhilarating at the same time. And I just thought about how lucky I am. I am so fortunate to be a musician, and at that moment, I genuinely felt that music is the one and only universal language.". May 11, 2010. Retrieved October 30, 2010.

Chang took part in watchmaker Movado 's global advertising campaign "The Art of Time" with Pete Sampras and composer Wynton Marsalis . For the 2004 Olympics , she was selected to carry the Olympic Torch in New York. http://www.opus3artists.com/artists/sarah-chang In 2005, Yale University dedicated a chair in Sprague Hall in Chang's name. Following this, Chang toured for a year with the Berlin Philharmonic and the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra in a Sextet programme of summer festivals leading to a concert at the Berlin Philharmonie.. EMI Classics . Retrieved October 31, 2010.. Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. Retrieved October 31, 2010.

2007–present

Chang had her recital at Carnegie Hall on April 7, 2007 with British pianist Ashley Wass ,New York Times, Steve Smith April 7, 2007 and continued to perform with the Los Angeles Philharmonic and Esa-Pekka Salonen and make appearances with the former at both the Hollywood Bowl and Walt Disney Concert Hall throughout 2008. at Hollywood Bowl From May 2009 to June 2010, she held recital tours across Europe, North America and Asia with pianist Andrew von Oeyen ; a July 2010 recording of the two was eventually released.Lee Hyo-won (12 July 2009) In the February 12, 2010 program, she held her recital at the Barbican Hall in London.. Barbican Hall . February 12, 2010. Retrieved October 30, 2010. Chang made an appearance at the University of Southern California in March 2010, where she played Max Bruch's Violin Concerto No. 1 (Bruch)|Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 26 . She performed at the Hollywood Bowl in August 2010.. Asia Pacific Arts . March 19, 2010. Retrieved October 31, 2010.. Los Angeles Times . August 25, 2010. Retrieved October 31, 2010.

Public image

Chang plays the 1717 Guarneri del Gesu violin, which she received through the late Isaac Stern ,James Reel, , Strings Magazine, January 2004 and uses a variety of bow (music)|bow s: Pajeot for Mozart and Bach; Sartory for "the big-whammy concertos, the Tchaikovsky and Sibelius"; and two Dominique Peccattes for other music.

Chang has performed with the New York Philharmonic , the Philadelphia Orchestra , the Chicago Symphony , the Boston Symphony , the Cleveland Orchestra , the Montréal Symphony Orchestra , the Berlin Philharmonic , the Vienna Philharmonic , orchestras in London, England , and the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra of Amsterdam, Holland . Additionally, she has performed with the Los Angeles Philharmonic , the NHK Symphony Orchestra of Tokyo, the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra , the Bayerische Rundfunk Orchestra, the Washington National Symphony Orchestra, the Oslo Philharmonic , the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra , the Melbourne Symphony, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Orchestre Philharmonique de Luxembourg, the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra , the Orchestre National de France , the Honolulu Symphony , and the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra amongst others.

Chang has also been a soloist under the baton of conductors Mariss Jansons , Daniel Barenboim , Sir Colin Davis , Charles Dutoit , Bernard Haitink , James Levine , Lorin Maazel , Kurt Masur , Zubin Mehta , Riccardo Muti , André Previn , Sir Simon Rattle , Wolfgang Sawallisch , Leonard Slatkin , Michael Tilson Thomas , Placido Domingo , David Lockington, David Zinman , Gustavo Dudamel , Valery Gergiev , Esa-Pekka Salonen , Jaap van Zweden , John Williams and others.

Notable recital engagements have included her Carnegie Hall debut and performances at the Kennedy Center , Symphony Center|Orchestra Hall , Symphony Hall, Boston|Symphony Hall , Barbican Centre , Berliner Philharmonie|Philharmonie , and Concertgebouw .

As a chamber musician, Chang has collaborated with Pinchas Zukerman , Wolfgang Sawallisch , Vladimir Ashkenazy , Yefim Bronfman , Martha Argerich , Leif Ove Andsnes , Stephen Kovacevich , Yo-Yo Ma , Lynn Harrell , Lars Vogt , and the late Isaac Stern . She has made several chamber recordings with current and former members of the Berlin Philharmonic , including the Sextet and Piano Quintet of Antonín Dvorák|Dvorak and the Souvenir de Florence of Tchaikovsky .

In January 2011, Sarah Chang was interviewed by Evan Solomon of Power & Politics (CBC) where it was revealed that she had been appointed by President Obama to the Presidential Commission on Russian Relations, and also was taking on a new role as State Department Special Cultural Envoy., aired on February 21, 2011 (view at 30:00 -> 49:00 of the clip). Retrieved 24 Feb 2011. Chang has already been promoting and supporting childhood musical education for many years. She has also been a cultural ambassador for the U.S.; for instance, she was invited to play in North Korea's capital, Pyongyang, with a South Korean orchestra in 2002.

Awards

Chang has received a number of awards, including:

1992 – Avery Fisher Career Grant

1993 – Gramophone Magazine Young Artist of the Year (1993)

1993 – Newcomer of the Year for ECHO (music award)|"Echo" (Germany)

1993 – Nan Pa (South Korea)

1994 – Newcomer of the Year at the International Classical Music Awards

1999 – Avery Fisher Prize Avery Fisher Prize rarely grants this distinction. Chang is among one of three females to be selected for the award, along with Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg and Midori Goto . For more information, .

2004 – Internazionale Accademia Musicale Chigiana Award in Siena, Italy

2004 – Hollywood Bowl 's Hall of FameTo date, Chang is the youngest person on record to receive this title; see this .

Discography

CDs

1992: Debut Pablo de Sarasate|Sarasate , Edward Elgar|Elgar , Paganini (EMI Classics)

1993: Johannes Brahms : Hungarian Dances 1, 2, 4, 7 / Peter Tchaikowsky: Violin concerto op 35. Conductor: Sir Colin Davis (EMI Classics)

1996: Édouard Lalo : Symphonie Espagnole/ Henri Vieuxtemps : Violin concerto Nr. 5. Orchestra: Concertgebouw Orchestra (Lalo) / Philharmonia Orchestra (Vieuxtemps), Conductor: Charles Dutoit (EMI Classics)

1997: Simply Sarah (EMI Classics)

1998: Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy , Jean Sibelius : Violin concertos. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker, Conductor: Maris Jansons (EMI Classics)

1999: Sweet Sorrow. Pieces of Vitali, Gluck, Brahms, Lalo, Vieuxtemps, Paganini, Sibelius, Liszt, Tschaikowsky, Saint-Saens, misc. Orchestras, conductors (EMI Classics)

1999: Richard Strauss : Violin concerto and Violin sonata. Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Conductor and piano: Wolfgang Sawallisch (EMI Classics)

2000: Karl Goldmark : Violin concerto op. 28. Orchestra: Gürzenich-Orchester, Conductor: James Conlon (EMI Classics)

2002: Fire and Ice. Sarasate, Jules Massenet|Massenet , Maurice Ravel|Ravel , Beethoven, J. S. Bach, Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker, Conductor: Plácido Domingo (EMI Classics)

2002: Antonín Dvorák , Tchaikowsky : (with other artists) Souvenir de Florence (EMI Classics)

2003: Classical Legends. Compilation ft Sarah Chang and other artists

2004: French Violin sonatas. Piano: Lars Vogt (EMI Classics)

2004: Ralph Vaughan Williams : Sinfonies. Disc 4: The Lark Ascending. Conductor: Bernard Haitink (EMI Classics)

2005: Meisterwerke der Kammermusik. Compilation ft Sarah Chang and other artists, 3 CD

2005: Andrew Lloyd Webber : Phantasia album|Phantasia (with cellist Julian Lloyd Webber ) (EMI Classics)

2006: Dmitri Shostakovich : Violin concerto Nr.1 / Sergej Prokofieff: Violin concert Nr. 1. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker, Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle (EMI Classics)

2007: Antonio Vivaldi : The Four Seasons (Vivaldi)|The Four Seasons , and Violin Concerto in g, op 12 no 1, RV 317. Orchestra: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra (EMI Classics)

2009: Max Bruch Violin Concerto No.1, Johannes Brahms Violin Concerto Kurt Masur , Dresdner Philharmonie (EMI Classics). EMI Classics . September 2009. Retrieved October 30, 2009.

DVDs

1995: Niccolò Paganini Violin Concerto Berliner Philharmoniker , Zubin Mehta

2003: Spanish Night: Sarasate Carmen Fantasie, Zigeunerweisen, Thais Meditation, Berliner Philharmoniker , Plácido Domingo (Conductor)

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