Angelin Chang | |
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Born | Muncie, Indiana |
Nationality | American |
Occupation(s) | Professor, Pianist |
Known for | First American awarded Premier Prix Piano and Premier Prix Musique de Chambre |
Angelin Chang (張安麟, Chinese: 张安麟; pinyin: Zhāng Ānlín; Korean: 장 安 린) is a Grammy award-winning classical pianist and professor of music at Cleveland State University. She heads the university's keyboard studies program coordinates the university's chamber music program, and teaches music and law. [1] Prior to joining Cleveland State, she was faculty at Rutgers University. [1]
Chang's debut performance as a piano soloist was with the Muncie Symphony Orchestra, at age 12. [2] She is the first Artist-in-residence at the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C., [1] [3] and the first Academic Performing Artist for Yamaha Corporation of America. [3]
Chang performed on and produced two of her CDs: Soaring Spirit (2004) [4] and Angelín (2007). [5] In 2007, she won the Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Soloist Performance with Orchestra [6] for her recording of Olivier Messiaen's Oiseaux exotiques (Exotic Birds) with the Cleveland Chamber Symphony, conducted by John McLaughlin Williams. She is the first female American classical pianist [1] and the first pianist of Asian descent to win a Grammy. [1]
Chang was born in Muncie, Indiana, and attended Burris Laboratory School there. [7] Chang graduated with top honors from the Interlochen Arts Academy and received a Bachelor of Music from Ball State University, [7] [8] and a Master of Music degree, along with a distinguished Performer's Certificate, from Indiana University's Jacobs School of Music. [8] She earned a Doctor of Musical Arts degree at Peabody Conservatory, at Johns Hopkins University. [3] She is the first American awarded Premier Prix Piano and Premier Prix Musique de Chambre in the same year from the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris (France). [1]
In addition to her musical degrees, Chang has a Bachelor of Arts degree in French from Ball State University and a Juris Doctor from the Cleveland State University College of Law. [1] Chang is vice president and on the Board of Governors of The Recording Academy Chicago Chapter, serving as Chair of the Education Committee and Classical Task Force. [1] [9]
Angelin Chang | |
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Born | Muncie, Indiana |
Nationality | American |
Occupation(s) | Professor, Pianist |
Known for | First American awarded Premier Prix Piano and Premier Prix Musique de Chambre |
Angelin Chang (張安麟, Chinese: 张安麟; pinyin: Zhāng Ānlín; Korean: 장 安 린) is a Grammy award-winning classical pianist and professor of music at Cleveland State University. She heads the university's keyboard studies program coordinates the university's chamber music program, and teaches music and law. [1] Prior to joining Cleveland State, she was faculty at Rutgers University. [1]
Chang's debut performance as a piano soloist was with the Muncie Symphony Orchestra, at age 12. [2] She is the first Artist-in-residence at the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C., [1] [3] and the first Academic Performing Artist for Yamaha Corporation of America. [3]
Chang performed on and produced two of her CDs: Soaring Spirit (2004) [4] and Angelín (2007). [5] In 2007, she won the Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Soloist Performance with Orchestra [6] for her recording of Olivier Messiaen's Oiseaux exotiques (Exotic Birds) with the Cleveland Chamber Symphony, conducted by John McLaughlin Williams. She is the first female American classical pianist [1] and the first pianist of Asian descent to win a Grammy. [1]
Chang was born in Muncie, Indiana, and attended Burris Laboratory School there. [7] Chang graduated with top honors from the Interlochen Arts Academy and received a Bachelor of Music from Ball State University, [7] [8] and a Master of Music degree, along with a distinguished Performer's Certificate, from Indiana University's Jacobs School of Music. [8] She earned a Doctor of Musical Arts degree at Peabody Conservatory, at Johns Hopkins University. [3] She is the first American awarded Premier Prix Piano and Premier Prix Musique de Chambre in the same year from the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris (France). [1]
In addition to her musical degrees, Chang has a Bachelor of Arts degree in French from Ball State University and a Juris Doctor from the Cleveland State University College of Law. [1] Chang is vice president and on the Board of Governors of The Recording Academy Chicago Chapter, serving as Chair of the Education Committee and Classical Task Force. [1] [9]