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Korean Piano Open • New dates! 5-8 January 2021
SeoulSouth Korea
5-8 January 2021

Hyoung-Joon Chang ← Back to list

Hyoung-Joon Chang — Korean Piano Open

Since his debut with the Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra at the age of sixteen, Korean born pianist, Hyoung-Joon Chang has worked with eminent conductors including Walter Hendl, Tadaaki Otaka, Thomas Sanderling, Paul Freeman and Ian Hobson. Chang has collaborated with world-renowned orchestras such as the London Philharmonic at the Barbican Centre, the Tokyo Philharmonic at the Tokyo Culture Center, the Symphony Orchestra of Russia, the Czech National Symphony, Sinfonia Da Camera, the Osaka Symphony at the Osaka Symphony Hall, the Victoria Symphony, and the Chautauqua Symphony during its summer music festival. Chang was the soloist for the Korean premiere of “Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra” by Vaughn Williams and the “Rainy Day for the Piano and the Orchestra” by Kang-Yul Lee, the latter winning the Art Award of the Year in Korea. In addition, Chang has given acclaimed solo recitals on international stages in Europe, the United States, Canada, Japan, and Korea.

Chang received his doctoral degree from the Manhattan School of Music where he studied with legendary American pianists Earl Wild and Constance Keene. He has also played often for the late Abram Chasins. He has been a jury member of Cleveland International Piano Competition, Dublin, Enescu, Seoul, Epinal, Bonn Beethoven, Shanghai, Scottish, Dresden, Kiev, Suzhou, Norway and Grand Piano Competition in Moscow. Many of his pupils have won major and special prizes from International Piano Competition.

He has taught master classes at leading schools around the world, including the Eastman School of Music, Manhattan School of Music, HEM Geneve, University of Illinois, Colburn School, Cleveland Institute of Music, Shanghai, Beijing, Sichuan Conservatory, Royal College of Music, Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, Dresden and Mannheim Hochschule. He has been a Professor of Piano at Seoul National University since 1995. An active and popular recording artist, Chang has recorded diverse piano concertos of Mozart, Prokofiev, Tchaikovsky, Gershwin and Schnittke with labels such as Pro Arte, Warner Music and Genuin.

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