VietNamNet Bridge – Sara Chang, one of the sexiest and most charming violinists in the world will return to Vietnam next month, the second time since 2010.
Two years ago, Sara Chang went to Vietnam to perform in the Hennessy Concert Series 14. This April, she will return to Hanoi to join the Hennessy Concert Series 16.

Sarah Chang, 32, is a Korean American classical violinist. She is recognized the world over as one of classical music's most captivating and gifted performers. Being one of the most remarkable prodigies of any generation, she has matured into a young artist whose musical insight, technical virtuosity, and emotional range which continues to astonish.

Appearing in the music capitals of Asia, Europe and the Americas, she has collaborated with most major orchestras, including the New York Philharmonic, the Philadelphia Orchestra, the Berlin Philharmonic, the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, the London Symphony Orchestra, the Bayerische Rundfunk Orchestra, the Orchestre National de France, the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, the NHK Symphony Orchestra Tokyo, the Hong Kong Symphony Orchestra and the Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra amongst others.

Among the esteemed conductors with whom she has worked, are Daniel Barenboim, Sir Colin Davis, Gustavo Dudamel, Charles Dutoit, Valery Gergiev, Bernard Haitink, James Levine, Lorin Maazel, Kurt Masur, Zubin Mehta, Riccardo Muti, André Previn, Sir Simon Rattle, Wolfgang Sawallisch, Leonard Slatkin, Michael Tilson Thomas and David Zinman.

Notable recital engagements have included her Carnegie Hall debut and performances at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., Orchestra Hall in Chicago, Symphony Hall in Boston, the Barbican Centre in London, the Philharmonie in Berlin as well as the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam. She has reached an even wider audience through her many television appearances, concert broadcasts and best-selling recordings for EMI Classics. The remarkable accomplishments of her career were recognized in 1999 when she received the Avery Fisher Prize, one of the most prestigious awards given to instrumentalists.

As a chamber musician, Chang has collaborated with such artists as Pinchas Zukerman, Wolfgang Sawallisch, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Yefim Bronfman, Martha Argerich, Leif Ove Andsnes, Stephen Kovacevich, Yo-Yo Ma, Lynn Harrell, Lars Vogt and the late Isaac Stern. In 2005/06 Ms Chang toured with members of the Berlin Philharmonic and the Concertgebouw Orchestra with a Sextet program in summer festivals leading to a concert at the Berlin Philharmonie.
Chang had her recital at Carnegie Hall on April 7, 2007, with British pianist Ashley Wass, and continued to perform with the Los Angeles Philharmonic and Esa-Pekka Salonen and makes appearances with the former at both the Hollywood Bowl and Walt Disney Concert Hall throughout 2008.

From May 2009 to June 2010, she held recital tours across Europe, North America and Asia with pianist Andrew von Oeyen; a July 2010 recording of the two was eventually released. In the February 12, 2010 program, she held her recital at the Barbican Hall in London. Chang made an appearance at the University of Southern California in March 2010, where she played Max Bruch's Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 26. She performed at the Hollywood Bowl in August 2010.

Born in Philadelphia to Korean parents, Sarah Chang began her violin studies at age 4 and promptly enrolled in the Juilliard School of Music, where she studied with the late Dorothy DeLay. Within a year she had already performed with several orchestras in the Philadelphia area. Her early auditions, at age 8, for Zubin Mehta and Riccardo Muti led to immediate engagements with the New York Philharmonic and the Philadelphia Orchestra.
Chang has appeared on numerous television and radio programs throughout Europe, North America and the Far East. Along with Pete Sampras and Wynton Marsalis, she is a featured artist in Movado's global advertising campaign "The Art of Time."

In 2005, Yale University named a chair in Sprague Hall in honor of Ms. Chang. In June 2004, she was given the honor of running with the Olympic Torch in New York, and became the youngest person ever to receive the Hollywood Bowl's Hall of Fame award.

She is a past recipient of the Avery Fisher Career Grant, Gramophone's "Young Artist of the Year" award, Germany's "Echo" Schallplattenpreis, "Newcomer of the Year" honors at the International Classical Music Awards in London, and Korea's "Nan Pa" award. In July 2005 she was awarded the Internazionale Accademia Musicale Chigiana Prize.


Hoang Vy