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'''Sarah Chang''' ({{langx|ko|장영주}}; born '''Young Joo Chang'''; December 10, 1980) is a Korean American classical ]ist. Recognized as a ], she first played as a soloist with the ] and the ] in 1989. She enrolled at ] to study music, graduated in 1999, and continued university studies. Especially during the 1990s and early to mid-2000s, Chang had major roles as a soloist with many of the world's major orchestras.


==Early life and education==
'''Sarah Chang''' (born December 10, 1980) is a ] ] ].
Chang was born in ], ], and raised in ] and ].<ref>Webster, Daniel. , '']'', July 7, 1995, backed up by the ] as of March 4, 2016. Accessed January 1, 2018. "Two days before her concert, she was sleeping in, luxuriating in the chance to open her eyes around 10 in the bedroom of her family's Cherry Hill home."</ref><ref>Scher, Valerie. , '']'', 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."</ref> Her mother Myoung-Jun Chang is a composer and her father Min-Soo Chang was a violinist and music teacher.<ref>. ''The Independent Music''. August 12, 1999. Retrieved October 29, 2010.</ref> Chang's parents moved to the United States from ] in 1979 for her father's advanced music degree at ]. Her mother took composition classes at the ]. Chang has said that although she "never actually lived in Korea... I do still feel very strongly it's where my roots are."<ref>. ''Korea JoongAng Daily''. September 8, 2010. Retrieved October 30, 2010.</ref> Her younger brother Michael (born 1987) has a degree from ].<ref>. ''Violinist.com''. December 18, 2009. Retrieved October 30, 2010.</ref><ref>. April 23, 2009. Retrieved October 30, 2010.</ref>
In 1986, when Chang was 5 years old, she auditioned for and was accepted to the ] by performing the ] ].<ref name=solomon /> Chang spent her weekends attending music classes at Juilliard and shopping in ] with her parents.<ref>. ''Broadway World''. January 23, 2010. Retrieved October 31, 2010.</ref><ref>'']'', May 9, 2004.</ref> When Chang was 6 years old, she started studying with ] outside school.<ref name=":1" /> In 1989, she began working with ] at her studio in New York<ref>{{cite news |first= Michael |last=Dervan |title=Living with the 'prodigy' tag|url=http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/features/2009/0129/1232923371584.html |work=Irish Times |date=January 29, 2009 |access-date=January 29, 2009}}</ref> where her father had received his musical lessons, and at the ].<ref>{{cite web|last1=Oksenhorn|first1=Stewart|title=Sarah S=Chang Cherishes Aspen Experience|url=http://www.aspentimes.com/article/20100808/ASPENWEEKLY/100809867|website=www.aspentimes.com}}</ref> A former student and assistant to DeLay, Hyo Kang, also provided training to Chang.<ref> {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110111121334/http://music.yale.edu/faculty/kang.html |date=2011-01-11 }}. '']''. Retrieved October 31, 2010.</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=All music guide to classical music: the definitive guide to classical music |last=Woodstra |first= Chris|author2=Brennan, Scrott |year= 2006|publisher=Reed Business Information |isbn= 0-87930-865-6|pages= 1607|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=nlDOICBmhbkC&pg=PA269}}</ref>


Following her 1999 high school graduation in ], she returned to Juilliard for university and studied with DeLay.<ref>. ''UA News''. February 24, 2004. Retrieved October 30, 2010.</ref>
==Early life==
Chang was born in ], ], of Korean parents. Min-Soo Chang, her father, is a violinist and Myoung Jun Chang, her mother, is a composer. Her family had moved to the United States in 1979 so that Chang's father could study for an advanced music degree at ]. Her mother was taking composition classes at the ]. She has a younger brother named Michael.


Chang learned from a family environment to naturally speak ].<ref>. ''Newsweek.'' August 9, 1999. Retrieved October 31, 2010.</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Twitter Q&A: Sarah Chang |url=http://www.barbican.org.uk/media/events/sarah_chang_qanda.pdf |page=3 |publisher=Barbican |access-date=February 24, 2012 |date=January 2, 2010}}</ref>
Sarah liked to play one-finger melodies on the piano at the age of 3 but asked her parents for a violin, started playing a rented one-sixteenth-size violin at 4 and auditioned for the ] at 6 playing the ] ]. She was admitted into the studio of the late ],<ref>{{cite news |first= Michael |last=Dervan |title=Living with the 'prodigy' tag|url=http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/features/2009/0129/1232923371584.html |work=Irish Times |date=January 29, 2009 |accessdate=January 29, 2009}}</ref> violin teacher to some of the world's great violinists including ], ], ], ], ] and many others, including Chang's father Min-Soo Chang. She was also taught by ], a former student and assistant of DeLay. She kept attending grade school in the Philadelphia area and studied music on Saturdays at Juilliard.


Due to her musical accomplishments, Chang is among a very small number of professional figures recognized as a ].<ref>. ''Korea Times''. December 7, 2009. Retrieved October 30, 2010.</ref><ref name=StringsMagazine>{{cite journal|last1=Reel|first1=James|title=Interview with Violinist Sarah Chang: Adulthood is offering a new world of opportunities for this former child prodigy|journal=Strings Magazine|date=January 2004|issue=115|url=http://www.allthingsstrings.com/News/Interviews-Profiles/Interview-with-Violinist-Sarah-Chang|access-date=22 March 2015}}</ref>
Chang was recognized as a ] early on and when she was 8, was given the opportunity to audition with such names as ] and ], who were working, respectively, with the ] and the ]. Both gave her immediate engagements.

At 9, she was possibly the youngest violinist ever to record. Her first album, aptly entitled Debut, was recorded in 1989 when she was nine years old, but was not released by EMI Classics until 1992. It quickly reached the Billboard chart of classical best-sellers. Her teacher in an interview claimed that no one had ever seen "anything like her."


==Career== ==Career==
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===Early work===
She has collaborated with most major orchestras, including the ], the ], the ], the ], the ], the ], the ], the ], the principal London orchestras, and the ] of Amsterdam.
Her mother trained her to play one-finger melodies on the piano at age 3. For her fourth birthday, she was given a ] violin. Upon hearing her play at a dinner party, ] concertmaster ] asked music director ] to listen to her. At age 8, she auditioned alongside Muti and ], who was the music director of the ]. Both granted her immediate engagements.<ref>Heisler, T (September 15, 2004). ''Rocky Mountain News'', p. 3.</ref><ref>. Hollywood Bowl. Retrieved October 31, 2010.</ref><ref> {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110102053158/http://www.louisvilleorchestra.org/?page_id=6762 |date=2011-01-02 }}. Louisville Orchestra. February 2, 2009. Retrieved October 31, 2010.</ref>


In 1991, when Chang was 10 years old, she recorded her first album, ''Debut'';<ref>San Jose Public Library for ''Debut ''</ref> it was released by ] on August 18, 1992 and quickly reached the Billboard chart of classical best-sellers.<ref> at amazon.com</ref> Chang quickly rose to fame and became known on an international scale, performing up to 150 concerts a year. In 2006, '']'' ranked her as one of the Top Eight Achieving Females in the United States. In the interview accompanying the feature, she said: "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."<ref name="KoreanColoradoNews">{{cite web |title=For me, the stage is my home: violinist Sarah Chang |url=http://www.kncolorado.com/bbs/board.php?bo_table=korea_town_news&wr_id=59 |work=Colorado KoreanNetwork |publisher= kncolorado.com |access-date=October 31, 2010}}</ref>
Among the conductors with whom she has worked are ], ], Sir ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], Sir ], ], ], ], ], David Lockington and ].


===2002–2005===
Notable recital engagements have included her ] debut and performances at the ] in Washington, D.C., ] in Chicago, ] in Boston, the ] in London, the ] in Berlin, as well as the ] in Amsterdam.
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In 2002, Chang performed in ]. She said: "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."<ref name="KoreanColoradoNews" /><ref name=Pyongyang> . May 11, 2010. Retrieved October 30, 2010.</ref>


Chang took part in watchmaker ]'s global advertising campaign "The Art of Time" with ] and composer ]. For the ], she was selected to carry the Olympic torch in New York.<ref name=opus3bio>{{Cite web | url=http://www.opus3artists.com/artists/sarah-chang |title = Sarah Chang}}</ref> In 2005, the ] dedicated a chair in Sprague Hall in Chang's name.<ref name=opus3bio/> After that, Chang toured for a year with the Berlin Philharmonic and the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra in a Sextet program of summer festivals leading to a concert at the Berlin Philharmonie.<ref name=":0">. ''EMI Classics''. Retrieved October 31, 2010.</ref><ref>. ''Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra.'' Retrieved October 31, 2010.</ref>
As a chamber musician, Chang has collaborated with such artists as ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], and the late ]. She has made several chamber recordings with current and former members of the ], including the Sextet and Piano Quintet of ] and the ''Souvenir de Florence'' of ].


===2007–present===
She currently plays the 1717 ] violin,<ref name=StringsMagazine>James Reel, , Strings Magazine, January 2004</ref> which she purchased in her teens. She uses a variety of ]s: Pajeot for Mozart and Bach; Sartory for "the big-whammy concertos, the Tchaikovsky and Sibelius"; and two Dominique Peccattes for other music.<ref name=StringsMagazine/>
Chang played a recital at ] on April 7, 2007, accompanied by the British pianist ].<ref>New York Times, Steve Smith April 7, 2007</ref> She continued to perform with the Los Angeles Philharmonic and Esa-Pekka Salonen and appear with the former at the ] and ] throughout 2008.<ref> at Hollywood Bowl</ref> On March 27 and 28, 2008, she played for San Antonio, Texas audiences at the Majestic Theater, a performance preceded by an appearance (to meet and inspire young as well as seasoned musicians at no charge) at Antonio Strad Violin in the same city.<ref>{{cite web|title=Antonio Strad Violin|url=http://www.stradviolin.com/spotlight-events/sarah-chang-violin.html|access-date=2012-11-20}}</ref> From May 2009 to June 2010, she held recital tours across Europe, North America, and Asia with pianist ]; a July 2010 recording of the two was eventually released.<ref>Lee Hyo-won (12 July 2009)</ref> On February 12, 2010, she gave a recital at the ] in London.<ref>. ''Barbican Hall''. February 12, 2010. Retrieved October 30, 2010.</ref> Chang made an appearance at the ] in March 2010, playing Max Bruch's ]. She performed at the Hollywood Bowl in August 2010.<ref>. ''Asia Pacific Arts''. March 19, 2010. Retrieved October 31, 2010.</ref><ref>. ''Los Angeles Times''. August 25, 2010. Retrieved October 31, 2010.</ref>


== Instruments ==
Along with ] and ], she is a featured artist in watchmaker ]'s global advertising campaign "The Art of Time." For the June ], she was given the honor of running with the Olympic Torch in New York.<ref name=opus3bio>http://www.opus3artists.com/artists/sarah-chang</ref> In 2005, ] dedicated a chair in Sprague Hall in Chang's name.<ref name=opus3bio/>
Sarah Chang owns several violins.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://wkar.org/post/violinist-sarah-chang-surviving-her-crazy-world-tour-schedule#stream/0|title=Violinist Sarah Chang on surviving her crazy world-tour schedule|last=Paisley|first=Jamie|date=Jan 14, 2017|work=wkar.org|access-date=2018-02-13|language=en}}</ref> Her main instrument is the 1717 Guarneri del Gesu by the ] ], ] which she purchased from her mentor, ].<ref name="StringsMagazine" /><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://english.khan.co.kr/khan_art_view.html?code=710100&artid=201212271648017|title=Sarah Chang "Proud Twenty Years Yet with Moments When I Wanted to Hide, They All Make Up Who I Am"|last=Hak-su|first=Mun|date=27 December 2012|work=]|language=ko}}{{dead link|date=June 2018|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite news|url=https://www.sfcv.org/events-calendar/artist-spotlight/sarah-chang-and-a-ges%C3%B9-string-the-sun-across-cultures|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171002031405/https://www.sfcv.org/events-calendar/artist-spotlight/sarah-chang-and-a-ges%25C3%25B9-string-the-sun-across-cultures|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 2, 2017|title=Sarah Chang and a Gesù String the Sun Across Cultures|last=Kaliss|first=Jeff|date=February 26, 2013|work=San Francisco Classical Voice|language=en}}</ref>


Chang uses a variety of ]s: she has said that she prefers a ] for Mozart and Bach; a ] for the Tchaikovsky and Sibelius concerti; and two ]s for other music.<ref name="StringsMagazine" /><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://stringsmagazine.com/interview-with-violinist-sarah-chang/|title=Interview with Violinist Sarah Chang|last=Reel|first=James|date=1 January 2004|work=Strings Magazine|language=en-US}}</ref>
She speaks English, Korean, and German.


==Awards== ==Public image==
Chang has performed with the ], the ], the ], the ], the ], the ], the ], the ], orchestras in ], and the ] of ], the ]. Additionally, she has performed with the ], the ] of Tokyo, the ], the Bayerische Rundfunk Orchestra, the Washington National Symphony Orchestra, the ], the ], the Melbourne Symphony, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Orchestre Philharmonique de Luxembourg, the ], the ], the ], the ], and the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra amongst others.
Sarah Chang has received a number of awards, including:

*] (1992)
Chang has also been a soloist under the baton of conductors ], ], Sir ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], Sir ], ], ], ], ], David Lockington, ], ], ], ], ], ], Steven Amundson, and others.
*] "Young Artist of the Year" (1993)

*] award (Germany) ("Newcomer of the Year") 1993
Notable recital engagements have included her ] debut and performances at the ], ], ], ], ], and ].
*"Nan Pa" award (South Korea)

*"Newcomer of the Year" at the ] (1994)
As a chamber musician, Chang has collaborated with ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], and the late ]. She has made several chamber recordings with current and former members of the ], including the Sextet and Piano Quintet of ] and the ''Souvenir de Florence'' of ].
*] (1999) One of three women to first win the prestigious music award.

*] in Siena, Italy (2004)
In January 2011, Chang disclosed in an interview with Evan Solomon of ''Power & Politics'' (CBC) that President Obama had appointed her to the Presidential Commission on Russian Relations and that she was taking on a new role as State Department Special Cultural Envoy.<ref name=solomon>, aired on February 21, 2011 (view at 30:00 -> 49:00 of the clip). Retrieved 24 Feb 2011.</ref> She had 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 Pyongyang, North Korea, with a South Korean orchestra in 2002.<ref name=Pyongyang />
*]'s Hall of Fame award (the youngest person ever to receive it) (2004).

===Awards===
Chang has received a number of awards, including:
* 1992: ]
* 1993: ] Young Artist of the Year (1993)
* 1993: Newcomer of the Year for ] (Germany)
* 1993: Nan Pa (South Korea)
* 1994: Newcomer of the Year at the ]
* 1999: ]<ref group=fn name="AveryPrize">Avery Fisher Prize rarely grants this distinction. Chang was one of three women to be selected for the award that year, along with ] and ]. For more information, .</ref>
* 2004: ]'s Hall of Fame<ref group=fn>To date, Chang is the youngest person on record to receive this title; see this .</ref>
* 2005: Premio Internazionale ] in ], Italy<ref> {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191115222638/http://eng.chigiana.it/accademia-musicale-chigiana-international-prize/ |date=2019-11-15 }} chigiana.it</ref>


==Discography== ==Discography==

*1992 Debut. ], ], Paganini
===CDs===
*1993 ]: Hungarian Dances 1, 2, 4 7/Peter Tchaikowsky: Violin concert op 35. (Colin Davis)
* 1992: Debut includes ], ], ] (EMI Classics)
*1996 ]: Symphonie Espagnole/]: Violin concert Nr. 5. Orchestra: Concertgebouw Orchestra (Lalo)/Philharmonia Orchestra (Vieuxtemps), Charles Dutoit
* 1992: Concert for Planet Earth, Live Recording/]/Sarah Chang/] (Sony Music)
*1997 Simply Sarah
* 1993: ]: Violin Concerto Op 35. Conductor: ] / ]: Hungarian Dances 1, 2, 4, 7 (EMI Classics)
*1998 ], ]: Violin concerts. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker, Maris Jansons
* 1994: ]: Concerto No. 1 in D for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 6 / ]: Havanaise for Violin and Orchestra, Op.83, Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso for Violin and Orchestra, Op.28. Orchestra: ]. Conductor: ] (EMI Classics)
*1999 Sweet Sorrow. Pieces of Vitali, Gluck, Brahms, Lalo, Vieuxtemps, Paganini, Sibelius, Liszt, Tschaikowsky, Saint-Saens, misc. Orchestras, conductors
* 1995: ]: The Lark Ascending. Conductor: ] (EMI Classics)
*1999 ]: Violin concert and Violin sonata. Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, conductor and piano: Wolfgang Sawallisch
* 1996: ]: Symphonie Espagnole/]: Violin Concerto No. 5. Orchestra: ] (Lalo) / ] (Vieuxtemps), Conductor: ] (EMI Classics)
*2000 ]: Violin concert op. 29. Orchestra: Gürzenich-Orchester, conductor: James Conlon
* 1997: Simply Sarah/ Show Pieces/ Piano: Charles Abramovic (EMI Classics)
*2002 Fire and Ice. Sarasate, ], ], Beethoven, J. S. Bach, Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker, conductor: Plácido Domingo
* 1998: ], ]: Violin Concertos. Orchestra: ], Conductor: ] (EMI Classics)
*2002 ], ]: (with other artists) Souvenir de Florence
* 1999: Sweet Sorrow/ Compilation Album includes Chaconne by ] (EMI Classics)
*2003 Classical Legends. Compilation ft Sarah Chang and other artists
* 1999: ]: Violin Concerto and Violin Sonata. ], Conductor and Piano: ] (EMI Classics)
*2004 French Violin sonatas. Piano: Lars Vogt
* 2000: ]: Violin Concerto op. 28. Orchestra: Gürzenich-Orchester, Conductor: ] (EMI Classics)
*2004 ]: Sinfonies. Disc 4: The Lark Ascending. Conductor: Bernard Haitink
* 2002: Fire & Ice. ], ], ], ], ], Orchestra: ], Conductor: ] (EMI Classics)
*2005 Meisterwerke der Kammermusik. Compilation ft Sarah Chang and other artists, 3 CD
* 2002: ], ]: Sextets (with Berlin Philharmonic Members) (EMI Classics)
*2005 ]: ] (with cellist ])
* 2003: ]: Violin Concerto Op. 53, Piano Quintet (with ]), ], ] (EMI Classics)
*2006 ]: Violinconcert Nr.1/Sergej Prokofieff: Violinconcert Nr. 1. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker, Conductor: Simon Rattle
* 2004: French Violin Sonatas includes. ], ], ] Piano: ] (EMI Classics)
*2007 ]: ], and Violin Concerto in g, op 12 no 1, RV 317. Orchestra: ]
* 2005: ]: ] (with cellist ]) (EMI Classics)
* 2006: ]: Violin Concerto No.1 / ]: Violin Concert No.1. Orchestra: ], Conductor: ] (EMI Classics)
* 2007: ]: ], and Violin Concerto in g, op.12 no.1, RV.317. Orchestra: ] (EMI Classics)
* 2009: ] Violin Concerto No.1, ] Violin Concerto ], ] (EMI Classics)<ref>. ''EMI Classics''. September 2009. Retrieved October 30, 2009.</ref>

===DVDs===
* 1995: ] Violin Concerto ], ]
* 2003: Spanish Night: Sarasate Carmen Fantasie, Zigeunerweisen, Thais Meditation, ], ] (Conductor)

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Korean American violinist (b.1980) For other people known as Sarah Chang, see Zhang Qiang (singer) and Sarah Chang (actress).
Sarah Chang장영주
Chang before performing a 2005 concert
Background information
Birth nameYoung Joo Chang
Born (1980-12-10) December 10, 1980 (age 44)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
GenresClassical
InstrumentViolin
Years active1984–present
Labels
Websitesarahchang.com
Korean name
Hangul장영주
Hanja張永宙
Revised RomanizationJang Yeong-ju
McCune–ReischauerChang Yŏng-ju
Musical artist

Sarah Chang (Korean: 장영주; born Young Joo Chang; December 10, 1980) is a Korean American classical violinist. Recognized as a child prodigy, she first played as a soloist with the New York Philharmonic and the Philadelphia Orchestra in 1989. She enrolled at Juilliard School to study music, graduated in 1999, and continued university studies. Especially during the 1990s and early to mid-2000s, Chang had major roles as a soloist with many of the world's major orchestras.

Early life and education

Chang was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and raised in Cherry Hill and Voorhees Township, New Jersey. Her mother Myoung-Jun Chang is a composer and her father Min-Soo Chang was a violinist and music teacher. 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." Her younger brother Michael (born 1987) has a degree from Princeton University. In 1986, when Chang was 5 years old, she auditioned for and was accepted to the Juilliard School by performing the 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. When Chang was 6 years old, she started studying with Isaac Stern outside school. In 1989, she began working with Dorothy DeLay at her studio in New York where her father had received his musical lessons, and at the Aspen Music Festival and School. A former student and assistant to DeLay, Hyo Kang, also provided training to Chang.

Following her 1999 high school graduation in New Jersey, she returned to Juilliard for university and studied with DeLay.

Chang learned from a family environment to naturally speak Korean.

Due to her musical accomplishments, Chang is among a very small number of professional figures recognized as a child prodigy.

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 1/16-sized violin. Upon hearing her play at a dinner party, Philadelphia Orchestra concertmaster Norman Carol asked music director Riccardo Muti to listen to her. At age 8, she auditioned alongside Muti and Zubin Mehta, who was the music director of the New York Philharmonic. Both granted her immediate engagements.

In 1991, when Chang was 10 years old, she recorded her first album, Debut; it was released by EMI Classics on August 18, 1992 and quickly reached the Billboard chart of classical best-sellers. Chang quickly rose to fame and became known on an international scale, performing up to 150 concerts a year. In 2006, Newsweek ranked her as one of the Top Eight Achieving Females in the United States. In the interview accompanying the feature, she said: "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

Chang in Italy at the 2005 Festival I suoni delle Dolomiti, performing outdoors

In 2002, Chang performed in Pyongyang, North Korea. She said: "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."

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. In 2005, the Yale School of Music dedicated a chair in Sprague Hall in Chang's name. After that, Chang toured for a year with the Berlin Philharmonic and the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra in a Sextet program of summer festivals leading to a concert at the Berlin Philharmonie.

2007–present

Chang played a recital at Carnegie Hall on April 7, 2007, accompanied by the British pianist Ashley Wass. She continued to perform with the Los Angeles Philharmonic and Esa-Pekka Salonen and appear with the former at the Hollywood Bowl and Walt Disney Concert Hall throughout 2008. On March 27 and 28, 2008, she played for San Antonio, Texas audiences at the Majestic Theater, a performance preceded by an appearance (to meet and inspire young as well as seasoned musicians at no charge) at Antonio Strad Violin in the same city. 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. On February 12, 2010, she gave a recital at the Barbican Hall in London. Chang made an appearance at the University of Southern California in March 2010, playing Max Bruch's Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 26. She performed at the Hollywood Bowl in August 2010.

Instruments

Sarah Chang owns several violins. Her main instrument is the 1717 Guarneri del Gesu by the Cremonese luthier, Giuseppe Guarneri del Gesù which she purchased from her mentor, Isaac Stern.

Chang uses a variety of bows: she has said that she prefers a Pajeot for Mozart and Bach; a Sartory for the Tchaikovsky and Sibelius concerti; and two Dominique Peccattes for other music.

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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, the Netherlands. 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, the St. Olaf Orchestra, 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, Plácido Domingo, David Lockington, David Zinman, Gustavo Dudamel, Valery Gergiev, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Jaap van Zweden, John Williams, Steven Amundson, and others.

Notable recital engagements have included her Carnegie Hall debut and performances at the Kennedy Center, Orchestra Hall, Symphony Hall, Barbican Centre, 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 Dvořák and the Souvenir de Florence of Tchaikovsky.

In January 2011, Chang disclosed in an interview with Evan Solomon of Power & Politics (CBC) that President Obama had appointed her to the Presidential Commission on Russian Relations and that she was taking on a new role as State Department Special Cultural Envoy. She had 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 Pyongyang, North Korea, with a South Korean orchestra in 2002.

Awards

Chang has received a number of awards, including:

Discography

CDs

DVDs

Footnotes

  1. Avery Fisher Prize rarely grants this distinction. Chang was one of three women to be selected for the award that year, along with Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg and Pamela Frank. For more information, The New York Times.
  2. To date, Chang is the youngest person on record to receive this title; see this Los Angeles Times article.

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