Han-na Chang
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Han-Na Chang (born December 23, 1982) is a South Korea
n cellist and conductor
.
, Gyeonggi-do
, South Korea
to Korean parents. Chang began studying piano
at age 3, and began her study in cello
three years later at age 6. In 1993, her family moved to United States, where she was enrolled in the pre-college division of the Juilliard School
. Also from 1993, she attended Mischa Maisky
's masterclasses in Siena, Italy, and continued to study with him privately. In 1994, at only 11 years old she competed in the Fifth Rostropovich International Cello Competition, winning first against many musicians some being even double her age. At this competition she was awarded with both the First Prize as well as the Contemporary Music Prize. In an interview Chang confessed that she had no expectation to win, but entered the competition for the chance to be able to play in front of the great cellist Mstislav Rostropovich
. Another early mentor was Giuseppe Sinopoli
, who is said to have influenced her decision to study philosophy at Harvard.
and Saint-Saëns' Cello Concerto No. 1
) with Rostropovich himself conducting Chang and the London Symphony Orchestra
.
Chang has had the opportunity to appear in various televised concerts including the 1998 Easter Day concert from Munich with the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
and the Kennedy Center's anniversary gala. In 1997 she also appeared in the "Victoire de la Musique" awards, which were televised throughout places in Europe. She has been profiled by "CBS Sunday Morning" and CNN
.
Chang has debuted all around the world in great orchestras including Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
, Berliner Philharmoniker, the Boston Symphony, the Cleveland Orchestra
, the Cincinnati Symphony, the Dresden Staatskapelle, the Israel Philharmonic, the London Symphony Orchestra
, Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino in Florence, the Minnesota Orchestra
, the Montreal Symphony, the National Symphony Orchestra in Washington, D.C., the New York Philharmonic
, the NHK Symphony Orchestra
in Tokyo, the Orchestre de Paris
, the Philadelphia Orchestra
, the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
, the Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia
of Rome, the La Scala Orchestra
of Milan and the San Francisco Symphony
.
Conductors with whom she has worked with all over the world include names such as Herbert Blomstedt
, Myung-Whun Chung
, James DePreist
, Charles Dutoit
, Mariss Jansons
, Jesús López-Cobos
, Zubin Mehta
, Lorin Maazel
, Riccardo Muti
, Seiji Ozawa
, Mstislav Rostropovich
, Giuseppe Sinopoli
, Leonard Slatkin
, Gustavo Dudamel
, Antonio Pappano
, Yuri Temirkanov
, Sir Colin Davis, Christoph Eschenbach
, Krzysztof Penderecki
, Gustavo Dudamel
, and Yannick Nezet-Seguin
.
's Concerto Grosso for 3 solo cellos and orchestra, in June 2001 in Tokyo with the NHK Symphony Orchestra, with Boris Pergamenchkov, Truls Mork and Charles Dutoit.
She also gave world premier of Lorin Maazel
's "Giving Tree" for cello, narrator and orchestra in April 1998 in Munich with the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra and Lorin Maazel.
She gave the Asian premier of Isang Yun
's Cello Concerto at ACM Festival in 3 May 2002 in Seoul with Korean Symphony Orchestra conducted by Sung Kwak.
in 2001 to study philosophy. Even in interviews she gives nowadays, she says that she continues to keep the number of performances she gives per season under control, preferring to have time for further study, reflection, and musical growth.
, the Rococo Variations
, and the Shostakovich, Prokofiev, and Chopin cello sonatas, as well as Rimsky-Korsakov's Flight of the Bumblebee
, and the Ritual Fire Dance by Manuel de Falla
.
Han-Na Chang conducted the Castleton Festival Orchestra in Benjamin Britten
's Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra
when she participated at Lorin Maazel's Conducting Masterclass along with other young conductors.
In July 2010, she conducted Manuel de Falla’s Master Pedro’s Puppet Show and Beethoven's Symphony No. 3, Eroica in Castleton Festival.
Chang has launched "Absolute Classic" at Sungnam Arts Center in Korea by conducting Tchaikovsky Symphonies in 2009. Chang had sessions of introducing Tchaikovsky's symphonies and of having conversation with audiences to let them be more familiar with the music.
The second Absolute Classic Festival was held in August 2010, with close to 200 applicants auditioning for the Festival Orchestra. 103 young musicians from Korea and other Asian countries were selected, and worked intensely for three weeks with Chang.
In December 2010 and January 2011, Han-Na Chang worked with the Bavarian State Youth Orchestra for two weeks and conducted them at five concerts in Germany, including concerts in Munich and Nuremberg and a recording of the Bayerischer Rundfunk
. They performed Tchaikovsky's Francesca da Rimini and Shostakovich's Shostakovich Symphony No. 5
. Following their successful tour together, she was appointed the Artistic Director of Das Bayerische Landesjugendorchester, the first in its 30-year history.
Chang has recorded Britten's The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra and Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 4 with the Bamberger Symphony in Bamberg, Germany in June 2011, which will be broadcasted through the Bavarian Radio Broadcasting network.
South Korea
The Republic of Korea , , is a sovereign state in East Asia, located on the southern portion of the Korean Peninsula. It is neighbored by the People's Republic of China to the west, Japan to the east, North Korea to the north, and the East China Sea and Republic of China to the south...
n cellist and conductor
Conducting
Conducting is the art of directing a musical performance by way of visible gestures. The primary duties of the conductor are to unify performers, set the tempo, execute clear preparations and beats, and to listen critically and shape the sound of the ensemble...
.
Childhood
She was born in SuwonSuwon
Suwon is the provincial capital of Gyeonggi-do, South Korea. A major city of over a million inhabitants, Suwon lies approximately south of Seoul. It is traditionally known as "The City of Filial Piety"....
, Gyeonggi-do
Gyeonggi-do
Gyeonggi-do is the most populous province in South Korea. The provincial capital is located at Suwon. Seoul—South Korea's largest city and national capital—is located in the heart of the province, but has been separately administered as a provincial-level special city since 1946...
, South Korea
South Korea
The Republic of Korea , , is a sovereign state in East Asia, located on the southern portion of the Korean Peninsula. It is neighbored by the People's Republic of China to the west, Japan to the east, North Korea to the north, and the East China Sea and Republic of China to the south...
to Korean parents. Chang began studying piano
Piano
The piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. It is one of the most popular instruments in the world. Widely used in classical and jazz music for solo performances, ensemble use, chamber music and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to composing and rehearsal...
at age 3, and began her study in cello
Cello
The cello is a bowed string instrument with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is a member of the violin family of musical instruments, which also includes the violin, viola, and double bass. Old forms of the instrument in the Baroque era are baryton and viol .A person who plays a cello is...
three years later at age 6. In 1993, her family moved to United States, where she was enrolled in the pre-college division of the Juilliard School
Juilliard School
The Juilliard School, located at the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in New York City, United States, is a performing arts conservatory which was established in 1905...
. Also from 1993, she attended Mischa Maisky
Mischa Maisky
Mischa Maisky is a Latvian cellist.Maisky began studies at the Leningrad Conservatory and later with Mstislav Rostropovich at the Moscow Conservatory whilst pursuing a concert career throughout the Soviet Union. In 1966 he won 6th Prize at the Moscow International Tchaikovsky Competition. In 1970,...
's masterclasses in Siena, Italy, and continued to study with him privately. In 1994, at only 11 years old she competed in the Fifth Rostropovich International Cello Competition, winning first against many musicians some being even double her age. At this competition she was awarded with both the First Prize as well as the Contemporary Music Prize. In an interview Chang confessed that she had no expectation to win, but entered the competition for the chance to be able to play in front of the great cellist Mstislav Rostropovich
Mstislav Rostropovich
Mstislav Leopoldovich Rostropovich, KBE , known to close friends as Slava, was a Soviet and Russian cellist and conductor. He was married to the soprano Galina Vishnevskaya. He is widely considered to have been the greatest cellist of the second half of the 20th century, and one of the greatest of...
. Another early mentor was Giuseppe Sinopoli
Giuseppe Sinopoli
-Biography:Sinopoli was born in Venice, Italy, and later studied at the Benedetto Marcello Conservatory in Venice under Ernesto Rubin de Cervin and at Darmstadt, including being mentored in composition with Karlheinz Stockhausen...
, who is said to have influenced her decision to study philosophy at Harvard.
Career
Winning the Rostropovich International Cello Competition opened the doors for Chang to study privately under Rostropovich himself. In 1995 she made her debut recording (Tchaikovsky's Variations on a Rococo ThemeVariations on a Rococo Theme
The Variations on a Rococo Theme, Op. 33, for cello and orchestra was the closest Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky ever came to writing a full concerto for cello and orchestra. The style was inspired by Mozart, Tchaikovsky's role model, and makes it clear that Tchaikovsky admired the Classical style very...
and Saint-Saëns' Cello Concerto No. 1
Cello Concerto No. 1 (Saint-Saëns)
Camille Saint-Saëns composed his Cello Concerto No. 1 in A minor, Op. 33 in 1872, when the composer was age 37. He wrote this work for the Belgian cellist, viola de gamba player and instrument maker Auguste Tolbecque. Tolbecque was part of a distinguished family of musicians closely associated...
) with Rostropovich himself conducting Chang and the London Symphony Orchestra
London Symphony Orchestra
The London Symphony Orchestra is a major orchestra of the United Kingdom, as well as one of the best-known orchestras in the world. Since 1982, the LSO has been based in London's Barbican Centre.-History:...
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Chang has had the opportunity to appear in various televised concerts including the 1998 Easter Day concert from Munich with the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
The Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, in German Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks is the internationally renowned orchestra of the Bayerischer Rundfunk , based in Munich, Germany. It is one of the three principal orchestras in the city of Munich, along with the Munich Philharmonic...
and the Kennedy Center's anniversary gala. In 1997 she also appeared in the "Victoire de la Musique" awards, which were televised throughout places in Europe. She has been profiled by "CBS Sunday Morning" and CNN
CNN
Cable News Network is a U.S. cable news channel founded in 1980 by Ted Turner. Upon its launch, CNN was the first channel to provide 24-hour television news coverage, and the first all-news television channel in the United States...
.
Chang has debuted all around the world in great orchestras including Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
The Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, in German Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks is the internationally renowned orchestra of the Bayerischer Rundfunk , based in Munich, Germany. It is one of the three principal orchestras in the city of Munich, along with the Munich Philharmonic...
, Berliner Philharmoniker, the Boston Symphony, the Cleveland Orchestra
Cleveland Orchestra
The Cleveland Orchestra is an American orchestra based in Cleveland, Ohio. It is one of the five American orchestras informally referred to as the "Big Five". Founded in 1918, the orchestra plays most of its concerts at Severance Hall...
, the Cincinnati Symphony, the Dresden Staatskapelle, the Israel Philharmonic, the London Symphony Orchestra
London Symphony Orchestra
The London Symphony Orchestra is a major orchestra of the United Kingdom, as well as one of the best-known orchestras in the world. Since 1982, the LSO has been based in London's Barbican Centre.-History:...
, Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino in Florence, the Minnesota Orchestra
Minnesota Orchestra
The Minnesota Orchestra is an American orchestra based in Minneapolis, Minnesota.Emil Oberhoffer founded the orchestra as the Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra in 1903, and it gave its first performance on November 5 of that year. In 1968 the orchestra changed to its name to the Minnesota Orchestra...
, the Montreal Symphony, the National Symphony Orchestra in Washington, D.C., the New York Philharmonic
New York Philharmonic
The New York Philharmonic is a symphony orchestra based in New York City in the United States. It is one of the American orchestras commonly referred to as the "Big Five"...
, the NHK Symphony Orchestra
NHK Symphony Orchestra
The in Tokyo, Japan began as the New Symphony Orchestra on October 5, 1926 and was the country's first professional symphony orchestra. Later, it changed its name to Japan Symphony Orchestra and in 1951, after receiving financial support from NHK, it took its current name...
in Tokyo, the Orchestre de Paris
Orchestre de Paris
The Orchestre de Paris is a French orchestra based in Paris. The orchestra performs most of its concerts at the Salle Pleyel.-History:In 1967, following the dissolution of the Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire, conductor Charles Munch was called on by the Minister of Culture,...
, the Philadelphia Orchestra
Philadelphia Orchestra
The Philadelphia Orchestra is a symphony orchestra based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in the United States. One of the "Big Five" American orchestras, it was founded in 1900...
, the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra is an American orchestra based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The orchestra's home is Heinz Hall, located in Pittsburgh's Cultural District.-History:...
, the Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia
Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia
The Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia is one of the best-known orchestras in Italy. It is based at the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Rome. At various times it has been known as the Symphony Orchestra of the Augusteo and Orchestra dell'Accademia di Santa Cecilia and the...
of Rome, the La Scala Orchestra
La Scala
La Scala , is a world renowned opera house in Milan, Italy. The theatre was inaugurated on 3 August 1778 and was originally known as the New Royal-Ducal Theatre at La Scala...
of Milan and the San Francisco Symphony
San Francisco Symphony
The San Francisco Symphony is an orchestra based in San Francisco, California. Since 1980, the orchestra has performed at the Louise M. Davies Symphony Hall. The San Francisco Symphony Youth Orchestra and the San Francisco Symphony Chorus are part of the organization...
.
Conductors with whom she has worked with all over the world include names such as Herbert Blomstedt
Herbert Blomstedt
Herbert Blomstedt is a Swedish conductor.Herbert Blomstedt was born in Springfield, Massachusetts and two years after his birth, his Swedish parents moved the family back to their country of origin...
, Myung-Whun Chung
Myung-Whun Chung
Myung-whun Chung is a South Korean pianist and conductor.His sisters, violinist Kyung-wha Chung, and cellist Myung-wha Chung, and he at one time performed together as the Chung Trio. He was a joined second-prize winner in the 1974 International Tchaikovsky Competition. Chung studied conducting at...
, James DePreist
James DePreist
James Anderson DePreist is an American conductor. One of the few African American conductors on the world stage, he is currently the director of conducting and orchestral studies at the Juilliard School and laureate music director of the Oregon Symphony.-Biography:DePreist was born in Philadelphia...
, Charles Dutoit
Charles Dutoit
Charles Édouard Dutoit, is a Swiss conductor, particularly noted for his interpretations of French and Russian 20th century music...
, Mariss Jansons
Mariss Jansons
Mariss Ivars Georgs Jansons is a Latvian conductor, the son of conductor Arvīds Jansons. His mother, the singer Iraida Jansons, who was Jewish, gave birth to him in hiding in Riga, Latvia, after her father and brother were killed in the Riga Ghetto...
, Jesús López-Cobos
Jesús López-Cobos
Jesús López-Cobos is a Spanish conductor.López-Cobos was born in Toro, Zamora, Castile-León, Spain. He studied at Complutense University of Madrid and graduated with a degree in philosophy...
, Zubin Mehta
Zubin Mehta
Zubin Mehta is an Indian conductor of western classical music. He is the Music Director for Life of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra.-Biography:...
, Lorin Maazel
Lorin Maazel
Lorin Varencove Maazel is an American conductor, violinist and composer.- Early life :Maazel was born to Jewish-American parents in Neuilly-sur-Seine in France and brought up in the United States, primarily at his parents' home in Pittsburgh's Oakland neighborhood. His father, Lincoln Maazel , was...
, Riccardo Muti
Riccardo Muti
Riccardo Muti, Cavaliere di Gran Croce OMRI is an Italian conductor and music director of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.-Childhood and education:...
, Seiji Ozawa
Seiji Ozawa
is a Japanese conductor, particularly noted for his interpretations of large-scale late Romantic works. He is most known for his work as music director of the Boston Symphony Orchestra and principal conductor of the Vienna State Opera.-Early years:...
, Mstislav Rostropovich
Mstislav Rostropovich
Mstislav Leopoldovich Rostropovich, KBE , known to close friends as Slava, was a Soviet and Russian cellist and conductor. He was married to the soprano Galina Vishnevskaya. He is widely considered to have been the greatest cellist of the second half of the 20th century, and one of the greatest of...
, Giuseppe Sinopoli
Giuseppe Sinopoli
-Biography:Sinopoli was born in Venice, Italy, and later studied at the Benedetto Marcello Conservatory in Venice under Ernesto Rubin de Cervin and at Darmstadt, including being mentored in composition with Karlheinz Stockhausen...
, Leonard Slatkin
Leonard Slatkin
Leonard Edward Slatkin is an American conductor and composer.-Early life and education:Slatkin was born in Los Angeles to a musical family that came from areas of the Russian Empire now in Ukraine. His father Felix Slatkin was the violinist, conductor and founder of the Hollywood String Quartet,...
, Gustavo Dudamel
Gustavo Dudamel
Gustavo Adolfo Dudamel Ramírez is a Venezuelan conductor and violinist. He is currently the principal conductor of the Gothenburg Symphony in Gothenburg, Sweden, and music director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic in Los Angeles, California...
, Antonio Pappano
Antonio Pappano
Antonio Pappano is a British conductor and pianist of Italian parentage.Pappano's family relocated to England from Castelfranco in Miscano near Benevento, Italy in 1958 and at the time of his birth his parents worked in the restaurant business, but Pasquale Pappano, his father, was by vocation a...
, Yuri Temirkanov
Yuri Temirkanov
Yuri Khatuevich Temirkanov is a Russian conductor of Circassian origin.Yuri Temirkanov has been the Music Director and Chief Conductor of the Saint Petersburg Philharmonic since 1988.-Early life:...
, Sir Colin Davis, Christoph Eschenbach
Christoph Eschenbach
Christoph Eschenbach , born February 20, 1940, Breslau, Germany is a German-born pianist and conductor. He currently holds positions in Washington, D.C. as music director of the National Symphony Orchestra and music director of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.-Early...
, Krzysztof Penderecki
Krzysztof Penderecki
Krzysztof Penderecki , born November 23, 1933 in Dębica) is a Polish composer and conductor. His 1960 avant-garde Threnody to the Victims of Hiroshima for string orchestra brought him to international attention, and this success was followed by acclaim for his choral St. Luke Passion. Both these...
, Gustavo Dudamel
Gustavo Dudamel
Gustavo Adolfo Dudamel Ramírez is a Venezuelan conductor and violinist. He is currently the principal conductor of the Gothenburg Symphony in Gothenburg, Sweden, and music director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic in Los Angeles, California...
, and Yannick Nezet-Seguin
Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Yannick Nézet-Séguin is a French Canadian conductor. He is Music Director Designate of the Philadelphia Orchestra, and will become Music Director in 2012.-Biography:...
.
World-premiere performances
She gave world premier of Krzysztof PendereckiKrzysztof Penderecki
Krzysztof Penderecki , born November 23, 1933 in Dębica) is a Polish composer and conductor. His 1960 avant-garde Threnody to the Victims of Hiroshima for string orchestra brought him to international attention, and this success was followed by acclaim for his choral St. Luke Passion. Both these...
's Concerto Grosso for 3 solo cellos and orchestra, in June 2001 in Tokyo with the NHK Symphony Orchestra, with Boris Pergamenchkov, Truls Mork and Charles Dutoit.
She also gave world premier of Lorin Maazel
Lorin Maazel
Lorin Varencove Maazel is an American conductor, violinist and composer.- Early life :Maazel was born to Jewish-American parents in Neuilly-sur-Seine in France and brought up in the United States, primarily at his parents' home in Pittsburgh's Oakland neighborhood. His father, Lincoln Maazel , was...
's "Giving Tree" for cello, narrator and orchestra in April 1998 in Munich with the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra and Lorin Maazel.
She gave the Asian premier of Isang Yun
Isang Yun
Isang Yun was a Korean-German composer originally from Korea. According to his official publisher's Boosey & Hawkes biography of him, he was granted political asylum by West Germany, eventually becoming a naturalised German citizen, following his abduction and torture in 1967 by the South Korean...
's Cello Concerto at ACM Festival in 3 May 2002 in Seoul with Korean Symphony Orchestra conducted by Sung Kwak.
Personal
Abiding in wisdom granted to her from her parents, her great mentors and her managers, Chang kept to a somewhat normal lifestyle during her schooling years. Instead of trying to take on too many performances, Chang spent time with friends participating in activities, such as watching movies and playing basketball. In an interview, she said that she loved playing basketball, but after hurting her finger a week before a concert she "sort of had to give up on ambitions to be a basketball player." Chang enrolled at Harvard UniversityHarvard University
Harvard University is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation chartered in the country...
in 2001 to study philosophy. Even in interviews she gives nowadays, she says that she continues to keep the number of performances she gives per season under control, preferring to have time for further study, reflection, and musical growth.
Outreach
Chang has been active in her native country South Korea in introducing classical music to children and adults alike. She has produced 10 short TV programs with MBC TV for children, each introducing such diverse music as the SwanLe Cygne
Le Cygne is a scholarly journal, published once a year, in April, by the International Marie de France Society.It is included in the Modern Language Association International Bibliography database....
, the Rococo Variations
Variations on a Rococo Theme
The Variations on a Rococo Theme, Op. 33, for cello and orchestra was the closest Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky ever came to writing a full concerto for cello and orchestra. The style was inspired by Mozart, Tchaikovsky's role model, and makes it clear that Tchaikovsky admired the Classical style very...
, and the Shostakovich, Prokofiev, and Chopin cello sonatas, as well as Rimsky-Korsakov's Flight of the Bumblebee
Flight of the Bumblebee
"Flight of the Bumblebee" is an orchestral interlude written by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov for his opera The Tale of Tsar Saltan, composed in 1899–1900. The piece closes Act III, Tableau 1, during which the magic Swan-Bird changes Prince Gvidon Saltanovich into an insect so that he can fly away to...
, and the Ritual Fire Dance by Manuel de Falla
Manuel de Falla
Manuel de Falla y Matheu was a Spanish Andalusian composer of classical music. With Isaac Albéniz, Enrique Granados and Joaquín Turina he is one of Spain's most important musicians of the first half of the 20th century....
.
Awards
Han-Na Chang received awards including:- Both the First Prize and Contemporary Music Prize at the Fifth Rostropovich International Cello Competition (1994)
- Young Artist of the Year prize at the ECHO Classical Music Awards in Germany (1997)
- Best Concerto Album of the Year from Caecilia Award (Holland) (2003)
- Best Concerto Album of the Year from Cannes Classical Award (France) (2003)
- Best Concerto Album of the Year from ECHO Classical Award (Germany) (2003)
- Best Concerto Album of the Year from Gramophone magazine (UK) (2003)
- Named Classical Super-star of Tomorrow by the Gramophone Magazine (UK) (2006)
Albums
- Vivaldi CelloCelloThe cello is a bowed string instrument with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is a member of the violin family of musical instruments, which also includes the violin, viola, and double bass. Old forms of the instrument in the Baroque era are baryton and viol .A person who plays a cello is...
Concertos (2008) - Romance - Lalo Cello ConcertoCello Concerto (Lalo)Édouard Lalo wrote his Cello Concerto in D minor in 1876, in collaboration with Parisian cellist Adolphe Fischer. The work was premiered the following year at the Cirque d'Hiver with Fischer as soloist.-Form:The concerto is written in three movements:...
& other pieces (2007) - Shostakovich Cello Concerto No. 1Cello Concerto No. 1 (Shostakovich)The Cello Concerto No. 1 in E Flat Major, Opus 107, was composed in 1959 by Dmitri Shostakovich. He wrote the work for his friend Mstislav Rostropovich, who committed it to memory in four days and gave the premiere on October 4, 1959, with Yevgeny Mravinsky conducting the Leningrad Philharmonic...
/ Cello Sonata (2006) - Prokofiev Sinfonia ConcertanteSymphony-Concerto (Prokofiev)Sergei Prokofiev's Symphony-Concerto in E minor, Op. 125 is a large-scale work for cello and orchestra. Prokofiev dedicated it to Mstislav Rostropovich, who premiered it on February 18, 1952 with Sviatoslav Richter conducting . After this first performance Sergei Prokofiev's Symphony-Concerto in E...
/ Cello Sonata (2003) - The Swan (2001)
- Haydn Cello Concerto C major and D majorCello Concerto No. 2 (Haydn)Joseph Haydn's Concerto No. 2 in D Major, Hob. VIIb/2, for cello and orchestra was composed in 1783 for Antonín Kraft, a cellist of Prince Nikolaus's Esterházy Orchestra....
(1998) - Tchaikovsky Rococo VariationsVariations on a Rococo ThemeThe Variations on a Rococo Theme, Op. 33, for cello and orchestra was the closest Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky ever came to writing a full concerto for cello and orchestra. The style was inspired by Mozart, Tchaikovsky's role model, and makes it clear that Tchaikovsky admired the Classical style very...
/Saint-SaënsCamille Saint-SaënsCharles-Camille Saint-Saëns was a French Late-Romantic composer, organist, conductor, and pianist. He is known especially for The Carnival of the Animals, Danse macabre, Samson and Delilah, Piano Concerto No. 2, Cello Concerto No. 1, Havanaise, Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso, and his Symphony...
Cello Concerto No. 1Cello Concerto No. 1 (Saint-Saëns)Camille Saint-Saëns composed his Cello Concerto No. 1 in A minor, Op. 33 in 1872, when the composer was age 37. He wrote this work for the Belgian cellist, viola de gamba player and instrument maker Auguste Tolbecque. Tolbecque was part of a distinguished family of musicians closely associated...
(1996)
Conducting
In 2007, Chang made her conducting debut in Korea. In interviews, she said her wish to introduce the great classical masterpieces to a wider audience and especially to children and teens, encouraged her to take up conducting. This resulted in the "Beethoven Project" produced with the MBC TV, which introduced Beethoven Symphonies Nos 1, 3, 4, 5, and 7, each in one-hour long episodes covering the whole symphony with Chang's commentary and rehearsal footages.Han-Na Chang conducted the Castleton Festival Orchestra in Benjamin Britten
Benjamin Britten
Edward Benjamin Britten, Baron Britten, OM CH was an English composer, conductor, and pianist. He showed talent from an early age, and first came to public attention with the a cappella choral work A Boy Was Born in 1934. With the premiere of his opera Peter Grimes in 1945, he leapt to...
's Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra
Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra
The classical TV series Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra was created by famed world-renowned orchestra conductor Leonard Bernstein, in 1960. Bernstein created the show for the purpose of exposing young viewers, mainly school-aged children, not just to European classical music, but to various...
when she participated at Lorin Maazel's Conducting Masterclass along with other young conductors.
In July 2010, she conducted Manuel de Falla’s Master Pedro’s Puppet Show and Beethoven's Symphony No. 3, Eroica in Castleton Festival.
Chang has launched "Absolute Classic" at Sungnam Arts Center in Korea by conducting Tchaikovsky Symphonies in 2009. Chang had sessions of introducing Tchaikovsky's symphonies and of having conversation with audiences to let them be more familiar with the music.
The second Absolute Classic Festival was held in August 2010, with close to 200 applicants auditioning for the Festival Orchestra. 103 young musicians from Korea and other Asian countries were selected, and worked intensely for three weeks with Chang.
In December 2010 and January 2011, Han-Na Chang worked with the Bavarian State Youth Orchestra for two weeks and conducted them at five concerts in Germany, including concerts in Munich and Nuremberg and a recording of the Bayerischer Rundfunk
Bayerischer Rundfunk
Bayerischer Rundfunk [Bavarian Broadcasting] is the public broadcasting authority for the German Freistaat of Bavaria, with its main offices located in Munich. BR is a member of ARD.- Legal foundation :...
. They performed Tchaikovsky's Francesca da Rimini and Shostakovich's Shostakovich Symphony No. 5
Symphony No. 5 (Shostakovich)
The Symphony No. 5 in D minor, Op. 47, by Dmitri Shostakovich is a work for orchestra composed between April and July 1937. Its first performance was on November 21, 1937, in Leningrad by the Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra under Yevgeny Mravinsky...
. Following their successful tour together, she was appointed the Artistic Director of Das Bayerische Landesjugendorchester, the first in its 30-year history.
Chang has recorded Britten's The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra and Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 4 with the Bamberger Symphony in Bamberg, Germany in June 2011, which will be broadcasted through the Bavarian Radio Broadcasting network.
Sources
- Horsely, Paul (2009) Programme Notes: The Giving Tree for Orchestra, Cello Obligato and Narrator, Op. 15. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
- Nordlinger, Jay (September 2001). "Kidsplay". The New CriterionThe New CriterionThe New Criterion is a New York-based monthly literary magazine and journal of artistic and cultural criticism, edited by Hilton Kramer and Roger Kimball. It has sections for criticism of poetry, theater, art, music, the media, and books...
, Vol. 20. - Pasles, Chris (April 22, 2005). "Cellist dazzles in Disney Hall debut". Los Angeles TimesLos Angeles TimesThe Los Angeles Times is a daily newspaper published in Los Angeles, California, since 1881. It was the second-largest metropolitan newspaper in circulation in the United States in 2008 and the fourth most widely distributed newspaper in the country....
- Yoshihara, Mari (2007). Musicians from a different shore: Asians and Asian Americans in classical music. Temple University Press. ISBN 1592133320
External links
- Han-Na Chang at EMI Classics
- Han-Na Chang Conductor at Harrison Parrott
- Han-Na Chang Cellist at Harrison Parrott
- http://www.cello.org/cnc/chang.htm
- http://music.barnesandnoble.com/features/interview.asp?z=y&NID=377482