Hsia-Jung Chang
Harris Goldsmith
New York Concert Review
A native of Taiwan, pianist Hsia-Jung Chang's recent concerts feature the bulk of Frédéric Chopin's piano solo works, including the complete sets of Ballades, Impromptus, Etudes, Preludes, and Scherzi. Chang's CD Chopin: Impromptus, Ballades, Berceuse was showcased on the Piano Bench hour on KPBX radio, and on Call of the Mountain of WNYE. Her new CD of the Complete Préludes of Chopin, recorded on a rebuilt 1907 Pleyel piano, is starting to generate a lot of interest in the US and abroad. It has been showcased on Reflections from the Keyboard with David Dubal on WQXR, CBC radio program As It Happens, WJFF radio interview, and other radio stations. UK-based New Classics web critic writes: Hsia-Jung Chang performs the works with great delicacy and refinement, allowing a wide spectrum of colour and moods to emerge in a way that appears effortless.
Chang has premiered and commissioned numerous works by composers in the United States and Scandinavia. She was featured soloist on television and radio in the US and abroad. Chang has been guest lecturer at the Manhattan School of Music, Society for Ethical Culture, Duke University, Friends University, Seattle Young Artist Festival, Hong Kong Music and Speech Festival, the Shengyang Music Conservatory, and Dong Bei University of China. She also performed with the Metropolitan Opera Guild Outreach, introducing opera to children in schools of the greater New York area.
Chang received her Bachelors and Masters degree in Piano Performance from the University of Houston and her Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the Manhattan School of Music. Her piano teachers include Mary Toy, Nelita True, Ruth Tomfohrde, Abbey Simon, and Constance Keene. You can find Chang's recordings online at www.cdbaby.com/chang, and on Apple iTunes.