Jihye Chang
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I am a pianist, who loves playing (and listening) to good music (preferably with good friends), paintings, cooking, eating, reading, sipping espresso macchiato, being sleepy, and traveling. Here is my current biography, if you are interested…
Jihye Chang, pianist, has appeared as soloist and collaborative artist in venues throughout the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, Costa Rica, Honduras, and Korea. Her performances have been broadcast on KBS Korea, PBC Korea, and Costa Rica Classical Radio, and she has appeared as a soloist with the Wonjoo Philharmonic Orchestra, the Sun-Hwa Philharmonic Orchestra, the Indiana University New Music Ensemble, and the Hot Springs Festival Ensemble.
She is a recipient of many prizes and scholarships, including the Henry Kohn Award for outstanding achievement at the Tanglewood Music Center, an Honorary Fellowship from the Montgomery Symphony Orchestra, a full merit scholarship and the President’s Award from Seoul National University, the Music Merit Scholarship from Indiana University, and the Grand Prize from Samick Piano Competition, Korea. She has released several commercial CDs such as “Piano for Easy Listening” on Sony/ BMG Korea, and “Classics for Children” on Seoul Record, Korea.
Ms. Chang has attended summer festivals at the Orford Music Centre, Tanglewood Music Center, and Sarasota Music Festival, and has performed in the master classes of Emanuel Ax, Marc Durand, Claude Frank, Yo-Yo Ma, Stephen Kovacevich, and Andre Watts. Her most recent festival appearances include the Long Term Residency at The Banff Arts Centre, new music festivals at the University of Louisville and Ball State University, and the newly created ClefWorks Chamber Music Festival.
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, where she served as an Associate Instructor for Piano and as the theory instructor for the String Academy. Her primary teachers were György Sebök, Reiko Neriki, and Edward Auer. She received her Bachelor’s degree summa cum laude from Seoul National University. In Spring 2007 she was a visiting assistant professor at Troy University, Alabama. She performs regularly with her husband, violinist Benjamin Sung, and is a member of the Arsenal Trio, with whom she plans to perform and record the music of Marc Satterwhite at the University of Louisville in January 2008.