EVELYN CHANG
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.
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.
Recently Evelyn began writing music. Her debut composition Fantasies for Children - a set of 20 miniatures based on animal themes for piano solo is published by Universal Edition. They are music memos of the story & play times with her children.
She is a Steinway Artist.
Concerts
Beare's Premiere Music Festival 2023 - Carnival of the Zodiac Family Concert
8:00 AM
Saturday, January 7, 2023
Concert Hall, Hong Kong City Hall
Programme:
Carnival of the Zodiac for Two Pianos & Chamber Ensemble
Saint-Saëns Carnival of the Animals (reworked for Chinese New Year) by Haylie Ecker, with additional movements by Dobrinka Tabakova and poems by Nury Vittachi.
Ruda Lee, Kiann Chow (violins)
Ringo Chan (viola) Eric Yip (cello) Masami Nagai (double bass)
Eric Fung (clarinet) Angus Lee (flute)
Phoebe Chan, Karina Yai (percussions)
Colleen Lee, Evelyn Chang (pianos)
Haylie Ecker, Leon Chu (Narrators)
Beare's Premiere Music Fesitival 2023 - Cho-Liang Lin Violin Recital
11:30 PM
Friday, January 6, 2023
Concert Hall, Hong Kong City Hall
Programme:
Bach Sonata for Violin & Keyboard No.3 in E Major, BWV 1016
Schumann/Brahms FAE Sonata: II Intermezzo & III Scherzo
Brahms Piano & Violin Sonata Op.100 in A Major
Chang Elegy
Debussy Sonata for Violin & Piano in g minor
Where are the Animals?
9:00 AM
Sunday, July 31, 2022
Studio Theatre, Hong Kong Cultural Centre
Programme:
The forest nymph and the hunter are inviting friends big and small to join in the summer fun! Which animals will show up at the party? Cunning fox? Fierce tiger? Cute rabbit or clever monkey?
We welcome audience old and young to dress up in animal costumes and bring their animal toys to the theatre. Join us on this musical adventure as we listen to the movements inspired by different animals. Those who success in finding the animals will receive a prize!
Selected movements from Evelyn Chang Fantasies for Children
Joseph Reiser The Beast Suite (For piano four hands)
Nancy Loo (curator, devising performer and pianist)
Edmond Kok (curator, costume designer and devising performer)
Evelyn Chang (pianist)
Tang Yim-Lan (devising performer)
Cheung Lik-hang (set designer)
Ruby Yau (lighting designer)
Three Shows: 11am, 2:30pm & 5pm
Where are the Animals?
9:00 AM
Saturday, July 30, 2022
Studio Theatre, Hong Kong Cultural Centre
Programme:
The forest nymph and the hunter are inviting friends big and small to join in the summer fun! Which animals will show up at the party? Cunning fox? Fierce tiger? Cute rabbit or clever monkey?
We welcome audience old and young to dress up in animal costumes and bring their animal toys to the theatre. Join us on this musical adventure as we listen to the movements inspired by different animals. Those who success in finding the animals will receive a prize!
Selected movements from Evelyn Chang Fantasies for Children
Joseph Reiser The Beast Suite (For piano four hands)
Nancy Loo (curator, devising performer and pianist)
Edmond Kok (curator, costume designer and devising performer)
Evelyn Chang (pianist)
Tang Yim-Lan (devising performer)
Cheung Lik-hang (set designer)
Ruby Yau (lighting designer)
Three Shows: 11am, 2:30pm & 5pm
Jamal Aliyev Cello Recital : 4 Cities
11:30 PM
Sunday, May 15, 2022
Concert Hall, Hong Kong City Hall
Programme:
Chopin Nocturne in c-sharp minor
Tchaikovsky Nocturne in d minor
Fazil Say Cello Sonata, Four Cities
Piazzolla Oblivion
Mozart Rondo "Alla Turca" from piano sonata No.11 in a minor
Jamal Aliyev (cello), Evelyn Chang (piano)
Chopin Introduction and Polonaise brilliante
Dvořák Romantische stücke Op.75 No.1
C.Oslu Kâtibim Jazz Variations ( World Premiere)
Popper Hungarian Rhapsody
Jamal Aliyev (cello), Vanessa Wong Wai-yin (piano)
Beare's Premiere Music Festival 2020 - The Martial Arts Trilogy : Film & Music
11:30 PM
Saturday, January 11, 2020
JC Cube, Tai Kwun, Hong Kong
Programme:
Tan Dun - The Martial Arts Sonata Cycle
Cho-Liang Lin, violin
Lyn Zhu, cello
Evelyn Chang, piano
Violin & Piano Recital with Akiko Suwanai
11:30 PM
Sunday, January 5, 2020
Guangzhou Opera House, China
Programme:
Brahms Violin & Piano Sonata Op.108 in d minor
Dvorak Four Romantic Pieces Op.75
Franck Violin & Piano Sonata in A Major
Violin & Piano Recital with Akiko Suwanai
11:30 PM
Saturday, January 4, 2020
Guangzhou Opera House , China
Programme:
Brahms Violin & Piano Sonata Op.78 in G Major
Clara Schumann Three Romances Op.21
Schumann Violin & Piano Sonata Op.121 in d minor
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Discography
Poets from the East
Evelyn Chang
Producer: Simon Fox-Gal Recorded at St. George’s Bristol Label: Avie Records
Atmosphere without Oxygen2
Paul Dunmal, Evelyn Chang, Philip Gibbs, Trevor Taylor
Recorded at the Victoria Rooms Bristol on 11th November 2008 Engineer: Jonathan Scott Label: FMR Records
Contemporary Music from Ireland
Simon Mawhinney, Evelyn Chang
This CD can only be obtained at the Contemporary Music Centre of Ireland.
Mahakali
Paul Dunmall, Evelyn Chang
Recorded at Victoria Rooms Bristol 2nd November 2008, Engineer: Jonathan Scott Spontaneous Compositions: Dunmall/Chang, Label: Duns Records
Atmosphere without Oxygen
Paul Dunmal, Evelyn Chang, Philip Gibbs, Trevor Taylor
Recorded at the Victoria Rooms Bristol on 5th March 2008. Engineer: Jonathan Scott Label: FMR Records
Nuevas obras pra clarinete y piano
Cristo Barrios, Evelyn Chang
Producer: Toni Paris Recorded at the Conservatorio Superior de Musica de Canarias Label: RALS Records
Brahms, Bridge, Enescu, Franck, Glinka & Tabakova
Maxim Rysanov, Evelyn Chang
Producer: Simon Fox-Gal Recorded in: Potton Hall, Suffolk 7 - 9 August 2006