EVELYN CHANG

Taiwan-born pianist Evelyn Chang has been an active performer in Asia since moving to Hong Kong in 2009. She enjoys collaborations with composers and artists across the world. Evelyn has been invited several times to perform at the International Hong Kong Chamber Music Festival, Bear’s Premiere Festival and Hong Kong Arts Festival.

She spent eighteen years in London where she studied and performed regularly as a soloist and chamber musician, appearing at the Buckingham Palace, South Bank Centre, Wigmore Hall and many other venues in the UK and Europe. She premiered new works and also made numerous recordings including ‘Mahakali’- an improvisatory album with saxophonist Paul Dunmall, a recital album with violist Maxim Rysanov and a debut solo album ‘Poets from the East’ for Avie Records featuring miniatures by Desyatnikov, Ma Shui-Long and Tabakova.

Her 2019-2020 concerts will include joining Bear’s Premiere Festival 2020 in Hong Kong, Recitals of Romantic music with Akiko Suwanai in China, Journey to the Avant-Gard piano duo with Tra Nguyen in Saigon Opera House, Vietnam and Viennese Legacy Series with Vantage Artists at Hong Kong University of Science & Technology, Hong Kong City Hall and Carnegie Hall in New York.

Graduated from The Purcell School of Music and Royal College of Music, her teachers included Valéria Szervénszky, Graham Fitch, Andrej Esterhézy, Irina Zaritskaya and Andrew Ball.

She is a Steinway Artist.

Concerts

Viennese Legacy - Chamber Music Series VII

11:30 PM

Programme:

Mozart Piano & Violin Sonatas K378 in B Flat Major & K379 in G Major

Beethoven Piano & Violin Sonata Op.30 No.1 in A Major

Euna Kim/ violin

Tsang Shiu Tim Art Hall, Hong Kong University of Science & Technology Centre for the Arts

Tuesday, September 17, 2019

Viennese Legacy - Chamber Music Concert Series VIII

11:30 PM

Programme:

Haydn Piano & Violin Sonata No.2 in D Major

Mozart Piano & Violin Sonata K380 in E Flat Major

Beethoven Piano & Violin Sonata Op.30 No.2 in c minor

Kitty Cheung/ violin

Tsang Shiu Tim Art Hall, Hong Kong University of Science & Technology Centre for the Arts

Thursday, June 6, 2019

Viennese Legacy - Chamber Music Concert Series Concert V

11:30 PM

Programme:

Mozart Piano & Violin Sonatas K305 in A major & K306 in D major

Beethoven Piano & Violin Sonata Op.23 in a minor

Kitty Cheung / violin

Tsang Shiu Tim Art Hall, Hong Kong University of Science & Technology Centre For The Arts

Thursday, February 28, 2019

Beare's Premiere Music Festival 2019 - Outside Elements

12:00 PM

Programme:

Mark-Anthony Turnage Slide Stride
Martin Beaver (violin), Cho-Liang Lin (violin), Lise Berthaud (viola), Julian Steckel (cello), Andreas Haefliger (piano)

Béla Bartók Romanian Folk Dances
Avi Avital (mandolin), Dover String Quartet, George Lomdaridze (bass)

George Tsontakis Portraits by El Greco (Asian Premiere)
David Shifrin (clarinet), Paul Huang (violin), Yura Lee (viola), Li-Wei Qin (cello), Evelyn Chang (piano)

Intermission

Erich Korngold Suite for 2 violins, cello & piano left hand, Op. 23
Martin Beaver (violin), Cho-Liang Lin (violin), Julian Steckel (cello), Andreas Haefliger (piano)

Concert Hall, The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts

Sunday, January 20, 2019

Viennese Legacy - Chamber Music Series III

11:30 PM

Programme:

Mozart Piano & Violin Sonata K302 in E flat Major

Beethoven Piano & Violin Sonata Op.12 No.2 in A Major

Evelyn Chang/ piano Kitty Cheung/violin

Beethoven Piano & Cello Sonata Op.5 No.2 in g minor

Cindy Ho/piano Joanne Kim/cello

Tsang Shiu Tim Art Hall, Hong Kong University of Science & Technology University Centre For The Arts

Thursday, November 22, 2018

Viennese Legacy - Chamber Music Concert Series II

11:30 PM

Programme:

Mozart Piano & Violin Sonata K301 in G Major

Beethoven Piano & Violin Sonata Op.12 No.1 in D Major

Evelyn Chang/ piano Kitty Cheung/ violin

Beethoven Piano & Cello Sonata Op.5 No.1 in F Major

Cindy Ho/ piano Joanne Kim/ cello

Tsang Shiu Tim Art Hall, Hong Kong University of Science & Technology Centre For The Arts

Thursday, November 1, 2018

Viennese Legacy

11:30 PM

Programme:

Chamber music by Beethoven, Mozart & Schubert.

Schubert Saal, Vienna

Friday, July 6, 2018

Viennese Legacy

12:00 PM

Programme:

Chamber music by Beethoven, Mozart and Schubert.

Concert Hall, Hong Kong City Hall

Saturday, June 23, 2018

The 46th Hong Kong Arts Festival - Beyond Impressionism

10:00 AM

Music includes some of the most noteworthy French and Chinese piano music from the beginning of the 20th century, with a screening of Edgard Varèse: The One All Alone to help place the relationship between these two artistic cultures in context, revealing fascinating connections.

Pianists: Evelyn Chang/ Wong Wai-Yin/ Wong Wai-Yuen/ Duo Ping & Ting
Film Screening 6pm Concert 8pm

Concert Hall, Hong Kong City Hall

Saturday, March 17, 2018

The 9th Hong Kong International Chamber Music Festival -Century Master Works

12:00 PM

Programme:
Stravinsky Suite from L'Histoire du Soldat for Clarinet, Violin and Piano
Pierre Génisson, clarinet/ Alexander Sitkovetsky, violin/ Wu Qian, piano
Ravel Piano Trio in a minor
Sitkovetsky Trio
Britten Gemini Variiations for Flute, Violin and Piano Four Hands Op.73
Cho-Liang Lin, violin/ Patrick Gallois, flute/ Evelyn Chang, piano/ Orion Weiss, piano
Prokofiev String Quartet No.1 Op.50
Jerusalem Quartet
Ravel La Valse
Orion Weiss, piano/ Anna Polonsky, piano