Photo by Colin Bell, Provided by Sarah Chang
By: CofC Media
The College of Charleston Orchestra will present a spring concert featuring remarkably accomplished violinist Sarah Chang in a performance of Bruch's Violin Concerto and for a movement of Bach's Double Violin Concerto alongside the orchestra's conductor, Yuriy Bekker. The concert will open with a movement of the Schumann Piano Concerto performed by CofC music major Clara Camacho and a work by music composition alumnus Jacqueline Eberhard.
Recognized as one of the foremost violinists of our time, Sarah Chang has performed with the most esteemed orchestras, conductors, and accompanists in an international career spanning more than three decades. Since her debut with the New York Philharmonic at the age of eight, Chang has continued to impress audiences with her technical virtuosity and refined emotional depth. Chang studied at the Juilliard School. She has performed with almost all of the major American orchestras and numerous international orchestras as well. She also has appeared at many of the world's prominent music venues, including the Hollywood Bowl, Tanglewood, Ravinia, and the Aspen Music Festival.
Chang's other distinctions include an Avery Fisher Grand Prize, a Harvard University Leadership Award, a Royal Philharmonic Award for Young Artist, a Nan Pa Award, a Gramophone Award for Young Artist of the Year, and the Internazionale Accademia Musicale Chigiana Prize. She began her career as one of the most recognized violinists of our time. (Full bio below).
Yuriy Bekker shares, “Our College of Charleston Orchestra continues its trajectory of excellence in artistry, musicianship and music education. After an incredible experience performing with preeminent violinist Augustin Hadelich last spring, followed by a performance for the 2023 Capital Orchestra Festival at the Kennedy Center, the orchestra partakes in yet another incredible opportunity in this performance with Sarah Chang. Concerts with such esteemed musicians enrich our orchestra, as well as the Charleston community, in countless ways.”
Hosted by the College's Department of Music and sponsored by Frank and Peggy Oldham, the concert will take place at 7:30 p.m. on Monday, April 3, 2023 in the Sottile Theatre, 44 George St. Tickets range from $20 to $40 and can be purchased through the George Street Box Office online, by calling (843) 953-4726 or emailing gsbo@cofc.edu. Patrons can find concert info, ticket links and updates at go.cofc.edu/orchestra.
Sarah Chang's two-decade long career has proven her prominence and breadth of versatility and talent on national and international stages.
Chang's 2021-2022 season included numerous performances while traveling that included an ambitious program with Vitali Chaconne, Bach's Double, and Vivaldi's Four Seasons in Korea. She opened the Grand Rapids Symphony's 2022-2023 season with Bruch's Violin Concerto No. 1 and Beethoven's Fifth Symphony alongside maestro Marcelo Lehringer. Chang made her debut at the Moss Arts Center with sonatas from Brahms and Franck in addition to Bartók's “Romanian Folk Dances.” Later in 2022, Chang toured in Korea to perform Vivaldi's Four Seasons, Vitali's Chaconne in G Minor, and Bach's Concerto for Two Violins.
Chang has performed with every major orchestra in North America, including the New York Philharmonic, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Philadelphia Orchestra, Chicago Symphony, National Symphony Orchestra, Boston Symphony, Cleveland Symphony, Montreal Symphony, Houston Symphony, Detroit Symphony, San Francisco Symphony, Toronto Symphony, Vancouver Symphony, Cincinnati Symphony, San Diego Symphony, and New Jersey Symphony.
With a career that has blossomed internationally, her European engagements have taken her to Austria, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom, and her engagements in Asia have brought her to audiences in China, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Singapore, Australia, and New Zealand. As an accomplished recital and chamber musician, Chang regularly travels the world, performing with such artists as Pinchas Zukerman, Yefim Bronfman, Leif Ove Andsnes, Yo-Yo Ma, Isaac Stern, Wolfgang Sawallisch, and members of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra.
Chang's most recent recording for EMI Classics – her 20th for the label – featured the Brahms and Bruch violin concertos with Kurt Masur and the Dresdner Philharmonie, and was received to excellent critical and popular acclaim. Her recording of Vivaldi's “Four Seasons” attracted international commendation, with BBC Music Magazine stating: “She has never made a finer recording.” She has also recorded Prokofiev Violin Concerto No.1 and Shostakovich Violin Concerto No.1 live with the Berliner Philharmoniker under the baton of Sir Simon Rattle; “Fire and Ice,” an album of popular shorter works for violin and orchestra with Placido Domingo conducting the Berliner Philharmoniker; the Dvořák Violin Concerto with the London Symphony Orchestra and Sir Colin Davis; as well as several chamber music and sonata discs with artists including pianists Leif Ove Andsnes and Lars Vogt.
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