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Evelyn Chang made her London debut in 2004 at London 's South Bank Centre, establishing her position as a rising young talent on the international musical scene. Her subsequent performances have brought her critical acclaim and challenging roles working with outstanding musicians and composers.
Originally from Taiwan , encouraged by her teacher Mary Kuok Chiu Tse, she moved to London at the age of thirteen and began to explore her long musical journey in the west. Having studied at the Purcell School of Music with Andrej Esterhazy, she later joined the Royal College of Music studying under the late professor Irina Zaritskaya and Andrew Ball.
Evelyn believes that music has no boundaries.
She expresses her music from the standard classical
repertoire, through contemporary music to improvisations,
from the west to the east. She continuously
seeks for new music and new ways to express
herself as an artist.
The artists she has collaborated with include
Cristo Barrios, Douglas Boyd, David Cohen, Stephen
Bell, Paul Dunmall, Brian Irvine Ensemble, Roman
Mints, Maxim Rysanov, Alexander Sitkovestky,
Robert Ziegler, the ASCH sting trio and many
others. She also performs in many of the best
UK venues such as the Purcell Room, Wigmore
Hall, St. John's Smith Square and St. James
Piccadilly.
Being also a great champion of contemporary
music, Evelyn has worked with numerous composers,
namely Ed Bennet, Diana Burrell, John Casken,
Elena Firsova, Brian Irvine, Elena Langer, Simon
Mawhinny, Fumiko Myachi, Dobrinka Tabakova and
others. Many works are especially written for
her. She is also an active member of the Decibel
ensemble ¡V led by composer Ed Bennet, an experimental
group which performs music by contemporary composers,
combining electro-acoustic and visual effects
with traditional music. (www.edbennet.co.uk/decibel.php)
Evelyn appeared on BBC Live Music Now, BBC
Radio 3 and Taipei Classical Radio. She has
also made several CD recordings. Her latest
album with violist Maxim Rysanov was released
by Avie Records in March 2007 followed by a
successful Wigmore launch in May the same year.
The album received critical acclaim and was
picked as editor's choice in Gramophone, BBC
Music and Musik magazines. She also made two
improvisation CD recordings with jazz saxophonist
Paul Dunmall on FMR Records which are due to
be released this year. Future plans include
a recital album with clarinetist Cristo Barrios
on RAL Records and a solo album. |
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