Jihye Chang
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Pianist Jihye Chang has appeared as soloist and collaborative artist in venues throughout the United States, Canada, Korea, Brazil, Costa Rica, Honduras and France. Her performances have been broadcast on KBS TV and Radio Korea, PBC TV Korea, Yedang TV Korea, and Costa Rica Classical Radio, and she has appeared as a soloist with the Wonjoo Philharmonic Orchestra, the Virtuosi of Festival Internacionale de Musica in Recife, the Indiana University New Music Ensemble, Fargo Moorhead Symphony Orchestra, Montgomery Symphony Orchestra, the Sun-Hwa Philharmonic Orchestra, and the Hot Springs Festival Ensemble.
Chang will make her debut at the Brevard Music Center in summer 2013, where she will perform all 6 Brandenburg concertos on harpsichord and collaborate with Jun Iwasaki, violin, and Jonathan Spitz, cello. She was also a guest artist at the Virtuosi Festival in Recife and Festival Inverno de Garanhuns in Brazil; Arts festival Olivet in France; and Sound Effects, a new contemporary music series at MOCA Jacksonville. Her future engagements include appearance at the Florida State University’s Ligeti Festival, lecture and solo performance at the Minnesota State University Moorhead’s Dante-The Divine Comedy Project, and a recording project at the Indiana University Southbend with the Arsenal Trio.
Together with violinist Benjamin Sung, Ms. Chang is one of the recipients of the 2009 Aaron Copland Fund Recording Grant. They recorded four pieces for violin and piano by young American composers, three of which were written for them, and it was released on Albany Record in June 2013. She was also the first winner of the Mikhashoff International Competition for Pianist-Composer Collaboration in 2008, and gave her winner’s recital at the Hallwalls Contemporary Art Center in Buffalo, NY. Other awards and honors include the Henry Kohn Award for outstanding achievement at the Tanglewood Music Center, an Honorary Fellowship from the Montgomery Symphony Orchestra, the President’s Award from Seoul National University, and the Grand Prize from the Samick Piano Competition, Korea. As a recording artist, she has released several commercial CDs including “Piano for Easy Listening” on Sony/ BMG Korea, “Classics for Children” on Seoul Record, Korea, and a solo piano collection for children ("I am Piano") from Universal Korea. She also curated a collection of 12 CDs entitled “12 Months of Classical Music” for Sony Music Korea.
An avid performer of new music, Ms. Chang has been a guest artist of the Studio 2021 Series at Seoul National University, new music festivals at Ball State University and the University of Louisville, and Brandeis Electro-Acoustic Music Studio. Her doctoral research on the etudes of György Ligeti and Unsuk Chin has evolved into an ongoing series of lectures and recitals exploring the piano etudes and miniatures of the 20th and 21st centuries, which she has presented at Indiana University, University of Louisville, Seoul National University, Florida State University, and Auburn University Montgomery. She has closely worked with David Dzubay, John Harbison, George Perle, Steve Rouse, and Marc Satterwhite, among others.
Ms. Chang holds the degrees of Doctor of Music and Master of Music in Piano Performance from the Jacobs School of Music at Indiana University under the tutelage of György Sebök, Reiko Neriki, and Edward Auer. She received her Bachelor’s degree summa cum laude from Seoul National University, where she studied with Jungkyu Kim. She also had the privilege to study with Emanuel Ax, Marc Durand, Claude Frank, Pamela Frank, Robert Levin, Yo Yo Ma, Ursula Oppens, and John Perry at the Tanglewood Music Center Banff Centre’s Chamber Music Residency, Orford Festival, and Sarasota Music Festival. She served as a faculty member at Concordia College, MN, North Dakota State University, and the Troy University AL, and as the Artistic Director of “Chamber Music ff,” a series in Fergus Falls, MN in the past. Currently she resides in sunny Tallahassee with her husband, violinist Benjamin Sung and their new baby, Aiden.
Chang will make her debut at the Brevard Music Center in summer 2013, where she will perform all 6 Brandenburg concertos on harpsichord and collaborate with Jun Iwasaki, violin, and Jonathan Spitz, cello. She was also a guest artist at the Virtuosi Festival in Recife and Festival Inverno de Garanhuns in Brazil; Arts festival Olivet in France; and Sound Effects, a new contemporary music series at MOCA Jacksonville. Her future engagements include appearance at the Florida State University’s Ligeti Festival, lecture and solo performance at the Minnesota State University Moorhead’s Dante-The Divine Comedy Project, and a recording project at the Indiana University Southbend with the Arsenal Trio.
Together with violinist Benjamin Sung, Ms. Chang is one of the recipients of the 2009 Aaron Copland Fund Recording Grant. They recorded four pieces for violin and piano by young American composers, three of which were written for them, and it was released on Albany Record in June 2013. She was also the first winner of the Mikhashoff International Competition for Pianist-Composer Collaboration in 2008, and gave her winner’s recital at the Hallwalls Contemporary Art Center in Buffalo, NY. Other awards and honors include the Henry Kohn Award for outstanding achievement at the Tanglewood Music Center, an Honorary Fellowship from the Montgomery Symphony Orchestra, the President’s Award from Seoul National University, and the Grand Prize from the Samick Piano Competition, Korea. As a recording artist, she has released several commercial CDs including “Piano for Easy Listening” on Sony/ BMG Korea, “Classics for Children” on Seoul Record, Korea, and a solo piano collection for children ("I am Piano") from Universal Korea. She also curated a collection of 12 CDs entitled “12 Months of Classical Music” for Sony Music Korea.
An avid performer of new music, Ms. Chang has been a guest artist of the Studio 2021 Series at Seoul National University, new music festivals at Ball State University and the University of Louisville, and Brandeis Electro-Acoustic Music Studio. Her doctoral research on the etudes of György Ligeti and Unsuk Chin has evolved into an ongoing series of lectures and recitals exploring the piano etudes and miniatures of the 20th and 21st centuries, which she has presented at Indiana University, University of Louisville, Seoul National University, Florida State University, and Auburn University Montgomery. She has closely worked with David Dzubay, John Harbison, George Perle, Steve Rouse, and Marc Satterwhite, among others.
Ms. Chang holds the degrees of Doctor of Music and Master of Music in Piano Performance from the Jacobs School of Music at Indiana University under the tutelage of György Sebök, Reiko Neriki, and Edward Auer. She received her Bachelor’s degree summa cum laude from Seoul National University, where she studied with Jungkyu Kim. She also had the privilege to study with Emanuel Ax, Marc Durand, Claude Frank, Pamela Frank, Robert Levin, Yo Yo Ma, Ursula Oppens, and John Perry at the Tanglewood Music Center Banff Centre’s Chamber Music Residency, Orford Festival, and Sarasota Music Festival. She served as a faculty member at Concordia College, MN, North Dakota State University, and the Troy University AL, and as the Artistic Director of “Chamber Music ff,” a series in Fergus Falls, MN in the past. Currently she resides in sunny Tallahassee with her husband, violinist Benjamin Sung and their new baby, Aiden.
In her leisure time, Jihye enjoys drinking good espresso, cooking, reading, eating, and blogging on blog.naver.com/jhjascha.