Profile and photos of one of the most talent violinist in the world. Sarah Chang is famous not only because of talent but also her beauty.
Sarah Chang is widely regarded as one of the most talented violinist in the world
Sarah Chang is a Korean-American violin virtuoso. She was born on December 10, 1980 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. Her father is a violinist and her mother a composer. Chang liked to play one-finger melodies on the piano at the age of 3 but, taking a cue from her father, asked her parents for a violin. She began practicing with a rented 1/16-sized violin at age 4 and auditioned for the Juilliard School at age 6.
Sarah Chang is not only talent but also beautiful
Chang was recognized as a child prodigy early on and when she was 8 was given the opportunity to audition with such names as Zubin Mehta and Riccardo Muti, who were working, respectively, with the New York Philharmonic and the Philadelphia Orchestra.
She recorded her first album, Debut, in 1991 at age 10. It was released by EMI Classics August 18, 1992. It quickly reached the Billboard chart of classical best-sellers.
She has collaborated with most major orchestras, including 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, the principal London orchestras, and the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra of Amsterdam.
Also Chang has performed with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the NHK Symphony Orchestra of Tokyo, the Hong Kong Symphony 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.
Sarah Chang has received a number of awards, including: Avery Fisher Career Grant (1992), Gramophone Magazine “Young Artist of the Year” (1993), “Echo” award (Germany) (“Newcomer of the Year”) 1993, “Nan Pa” award (South Korea), “Newcomer of the Year” at the International Classical Music Awards (1994) Avery Fisher Prize (1999), Internazionale Accademia Musicale Chigiana Award in Siena, Italy (2004), Hollywood Bowl’s Hall of Fame award (the youngest person ever to receive it) (2004).
As a pin-up of the classical music world Chang is also famous for appearing in a number of fabulous gounds.
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