Violinist Sarah Chang by Jacqueline

Full name: Sarah Chang
Date born: December 10, 1980
State of Origin: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Genre: Classical

She is known for being a violin virtuoso.

Biography:
Sarah Chang was born to two already musically talented Korean parents. Her father was a violinist while her mother was a composer. She has a younger brother named Michael. She started playing the violin at age 4 with a 1/16 sized violin and auditioned for Juilliard School, playing Bruch Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor. She was a child prodigy and recorded her first album when she was 10.
Sarah has played with the New York Philharmonic, Boston Symphony, Vienna Philharmonic, and numerous others. Many awards have been bestowed upon her like Hollywood Bowl’s Hall of Fame award and Gramaphone Magazine’s Young Artist of the Year. She continues to tour and record CDs. Her next recital is in Barbican Hall in London. Her instrument is a 1717 Guarneri del Gesu violin and she uses an assortment of different bows.

CDs (most recent):
• 2004 French Violin sonatas. Piano: Lars Vogt (EMI Classics)
• 2004 Ralph Vaughan Williams: Sinfonies. Disc 4: The Lark Ascending. Conductor: Bernard Haitink (EMI Classics)
• 2005 Meisterwerke der Kammermusik. Compilation ft Sarah Chang and other artists, 3 CD
• 2005 Andrew Lloyd Webber: Phantasia (with cellist Julian Lloyd Webber) (EMI Classics)
• 2006 Dmitri Shostakovich: Violin concerto Nr.1/Sergej Prokofieff: Violin concert Nr. 1. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker, Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle (EMI Classics)
• 2007 Antonio Vivaldi: The Four Seasons, and Violin Concerto in g, op 12 no 1, RV 317. Orchestra: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra (EMI Classics)
• 2009 Max Bruch Violin Concerto No.1, Johannes Brahms Violin Concerto Kurt Masur, Dresdner Philharmonie (EMI Classics)

3 video links:
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CCLxso5XDN4 and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_3PJf4lAj0&feature=related are one piece.
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1tUdbknTeA&feature=related
• http://www.youtube.com/user/emiclassics#p/p/E82E3CE963043F58/1/4hvN0X92K4k

3 websites:
• http://sarahchang.com/
• http://www.emiclassics.com/artistdiscography.php?aid=66
• http://twitter.com/sarahchang