Sarah Chang Violin Recital

Sarah Chang Violin Recital

2017-04-24

Venue: Concert Hall of the National Centrefor the Performing Arts

Date: April 30, 2017

Duration: Approximate 120 mins(Intermission Included)

Programme

Romanian Dances

Bartok

Sonata No. 3

Brahms

——Intermission——

Sonata      Cesar Frank

Artist

SarahChang

Sarah Chang is recognized as a great violinist. Since her debut with the New York Philharmonic at the age of eight, she has performed with great orchestras, conductors and accompanists internationally in a career spanning more than two decades.

Highlights from Ms. Chang's recent and upcoming seasons have included performances with such North American orchestras as the New York Philharmonic, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Philadelphia Orchestra, Chicago Symphony, National Symphony Orchestra, Boston Symphony, and Cleveland Symphony. She has also performed at the Hollywood Bowl and at the Tanglewood, Ravinia, and Aspen Music Festivals, among others. With a career that has blossomed internationally, her European engagements have included performances with the Berlin Philharmonic, Vienna Philharmonic, and all the principal London Orchestras. She performs regularly in Austria, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom, and her engagements in Asia have brought her to audiences in China, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Singapore, Australia, and New Zealand. As an accomplished recital and chamber musician, Ms. Chang regularly travels the world, performing with such artists as Pinchas Zukerman, Yefim Bronfman, Leif Ove Andsnes, Yo-Yo Ma, Isaac Stern, Wolfgang Sawallisch, and members of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra.

Ms. Chang’s most recent recording for EMI Classics, performances of Brahms and Bruch violin concertos with Kurt Masur and the Dresdner Philharmonic has received excellent critical and popular acclaim and was her 20th album for the label. Her recording of Vivaldi’s Four Seasons attracted international commendation, with BBC Music Magazine stating: “She has never made a finer recording.” She has also recorded Prokofiev's Violin Concerto No. 1 and Shostakovich's Violin Concerto No. 1 live with the Berliner Philharmoniker under the baton of Sir Simon Rattle, Fire and Ice, an album of popular shorter works for violin and orchestra with Placido Domingo conducting the Berliner Philharmoniker, the Dvorak concerto with the London Symphony Orchestra and Sir Colin Davis, as well as several chamber music and sonata discs with artists including pianists Leif Ove Andsnes and Lars Vogt.

In 2006, Ms. Chang was honoured as one of 20 Top Women in Newsweek Magazine’s “Women and Leadership, 20 Powerful Women Take Charge” issue. In March 2008, Ms. Chang was honoured as a Young Global Leader for 2008 by the World Economic Forum (WEF) for her professional achievements, commitment to society and potential in shaping the future of the world.

In 2005, Yale University dedicated a chair in Sprague Hall in Sarah Chang’s name and in 2012 Harvard University gave her the “Distinguished Leadership in the Arts Award”. For the June 2004 Olympic games, she was given the honour of running with the Olympic Torch in New York, and that same month, became the youngest person ever to receive the Hollywood Bowl's Hall of Fame award. Also in 2004, Ms. Chang was awarded the Internazionale Accademia Musicale Chigiana Prize in Sienna, Italy. She is a past recipient of the Avery Fisher Prize, Gramophone’s “Young Artist of the Year” award, Germany’s “Echo” Schallplattenpreis, “Newcomer of the Year” honours at the International Classical Music Awards in London, and Korea’s “Nan Pa” award. Ms. Chang has been named the US Embassy’s Artistic Ambassador from 2011.

Julio Elizalde

Praised as a musician of "compellingartistry and power" by the Seattle Times, the gifted American pianistJulio Elizalde is a multi-faceted artists who enjoys a versatile career assoloist, chamber musician, artistic administrator, educator, and curator. Hehas performed in many of the major music centers throughout the United States,Europe, Asia, and Latin America to popular and critical acclaim. Since 2014, hehas served as the Artistic Director of the Olympic Music Festival near Seattle,Washington.

Mr. Elizalde has appeared with many of theleading artists of our time. He tours internationally with world-renownedviolinists Sarah Chang and Ray Chen and has performed alongside conductorsItzhak Perlman, Teddy Abrams, and Anne Manson. He has collaborated with artistssuch as violinist Pamela Frank, composers Osvaldo Golijov and Stephen Hough,baritone William Sharp, and members of the Juilliard, Cleveland, Kronos, andBrentano string quartets.

Mr. Elizalde is a founding member of theNew Trio, with violinist Andrew Wan, co-concertmaster of L'Orchestresymphonique de Montréal and Patrick Jee, cellist of the New York Philharmonic.The New Trio was the winner of both the Fischoff and Coleman National ChamberMusic Competitions and is the recipient of the Harvard Musical Association'sprestigious Arthur W. Foote Prize. As part of the New Trio, Mr. Elizalde hasperformed for leading American politicians such as President Bill Clinton,Condoleezza Rice, Henry Kissinger, and the late senator Ted Kennedy. He was afeatured performer for the soundtrack of the 2013 film Jimmy P, composed byAcademy Award-winner, Howard Shore.

Mr. Elizalde is a passionately activeeducator, having recently served as a Visiting Professor of piano at theUniversity of Puget Sound in Tacoma, Washington. He has given masterclasses at theSan Francisco Conservatory of Music, Emory University, Lawrence University, andthe Music Institute of Chicago among others. He has also appeared at varioussummer music festivals including Yellow Barn, Taos, Caramoor, Bowdoin, KneiselHall, and the Music Academy of the West. Mr. Elizalde was a juror for the 2012Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition held at the University of NotreDame in South Bend, Indiana.

Originally from the San Francisco Bay Area,Mr. Elizalde received a bachelor of music degree with honours from the SanFrancisco Conservatory of Music, where he studied with Paul Hersh. He holdsmaster’s and Doctor of Musical Arts degrees from the Juilliard School in NewYork City, where he studied with Jerome Lowenthal, Joseph Kalichstein, andRobert McDonald.

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