Hana Chang
Violin Masterclasses, participant
Kronberg Academy Professional Studies with Christian Tetzlaff, funded by the Nikolas Gruber patronage
Kronberg Academy Bachelor with Christian Tetzlaff, funded by the Nikolas Gruber patronage
Born in 2002, Hana Chang was a winner of the 2023 Young Classical Artists Trust and Concert Artists Guild International Auditions held at Wigmore Hall. She was nominated as one of Classic FM’s Rising Stars of 2024, and has recently been announced as a Borletti-Buitoni Fellowship recipient and a member of BBC Radio 3's New Generation Artist scheme 2024-26.
Hana has performed with orchestras including the Belgian National Orchestra, Prague Radio Symphony, Philharmonie Baden-Baden, Czech Virtuosi, National Theater Orchestra (Prague), Hunan Symphony, Utah Symphony, Stuttgart Philharmonic Orchestra, Poznań Philharmonic, and Tallinn Chamber Orchestra. She is a laureate of the Stuttgart, Yehudi Menuhin, Prague Spring, Beethoven Hradec, Stradivarius, and Louis Spohr International Violin Competitions. Most recently, she was named a laureate of the 2024 Queen Elisabeth International Violin Competition.
Over the course of the 2024/25 season Hana will make her debut with the BBC Symphony Orchestra, BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Sinfonia Viva and CBSO Youth Orchestra among others, and undertake a UK recital tour with venues including St. George’s Bristol, Holywell Room Oxford, Leeds International Concert Season, and Wigmore Hall.
In February 2025, Hana will also join YCAT artists on a European tour performing at the BoulezSaal Berlin, Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Philharmonie Cologne, Tauberphilharmonie Weikersheim, and Wigmore Hall.
An avid chamber musician, Hana has performed in numerous festivals including the Rockport Chamber Music Festival, International Chamber Music Festival Utrecht, Solsberg Festival, Gstaad Menuhin Festival, Deer Valley Music Festival, Vevey Spring Classic Festival, and Sion Festival, and has performed together with artists including Janine Jansen, Sol Gabetta, Daniel Müller-Schott, Dénes Várjon, Amihai Grosz, and Till Fellner, among others.
Since October 2022 Hana Chang has been studying at the Kronberg Academy with Christian Tetzlaff. Her studies are funded by the Nikolas Gruber patronage. She continues to be mentored by Janine Jansen with whom she previously studied. She plays on a 1647 Nicolo Amati, kindly on loan from the Rin Collection in Singapore.
SOUTHEAST. FOKUS ÖSTERREICH
Participants
- Hana Chang violin
- William Hagen violin
- Soojin Han violin
- Christel Lee violin
- Karolina Errera viola
- Sara Ferrández viola
- Oliver Herbert cello
- Maciej Kułakowski cello
- Edgar Moreau cello
- Mishka Rushdie Momen piano
- Thomas Flender horn
- Josef Weissteiner horn
Programme
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791)
Musical fun “Dorfmusikantensextett” KV522
Anton Webern (1883–1945)
Five movements for string quartet op. 5
intermission
Franz Schubert (1797–1828)
Piano Trio No. 1 in B flat major op. 99 D 898
Subject to change.
NORTHWEST. FOKUS ENGLAND
Participants
- Benjamin Hulett tenor
- Hana Chang violin
- William Hagen violin
- Soojin Han violin
- Christel Lee violin
- Pauline van der Rest violin
- Valeriy Sokolov violin
- Matthew Lipman viola
- Samuel Rosenthal viola
- Noga Shaham viola
- Hayoung Choi cello
- Maciej Kułakowski cello
- Edgar Moreau cello
- Martina Consonni piano
- Mishka Rushdie Momen piano
Programme
Joseph Haydn (1732–1809)
String Quartet No. 30 in G minor op. 74 No. 3 Hob III:74 “Rider Quartet”
Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872–1958)
On Wenlock Edge
intermission
Edward Elgar (1857–1934)
Piano Quintet in A minor op. 84
Concert introduction at 6.45 pm in Großer Saal with Chloë Herteleer.
Subject to change.
JANINE JANSEN & FRIENDS I
Participants
- Janine Jansen violin
- Hana Chang violin
- Anna Im violin
- Julian Rhee violin
- Ruslan Talas violin
- Pauline van der Rest violin
- Noga Shaham viola
- Clara Yuna Friedensburg cello
- Denis Kozukhin piano
Programme
Zoltán Kodály (1882–1967)
Serenade for Two Violins and Viola, Op. 12
Grażyna Bacewicz (1909–1969)
Quartet for Four Violins
Joaquin Turina (1882–1949)
Fantasy, Op. 91 "Círculo"
Maurice Ravel (1875–1937)
Sonata for Violin and Piano in G Major
Subject to change.
JANINE JANSEN & FRIENDS II
Participants
- Janine Jansen violin
- Pauline van der Rest violin
- Hana Chang violin
- Amihai Grosz viola
- Sào Soulez Larivière viola
- Noga Shaham viola
- Daniel Blendulf cello
- LiLa cello
- Benjamin Kruithof cello
- Denis Kozukhin piano
Programme
Franz Schubert (1797–1828)
Quartet movement in C minor D 703
Johannes Brahms (1833–1897)
Piano quartet Nr. 3 in C minor op. 60
Arnold Schönberg (1874–1951)
„Verklärte Nacht“ in C minor for string sextet op. 4
Subject to change.
Examination Concert by Hana Chang
Participants
- Hana Chang violin
Programme
The programme will be announced at a later date.
Wigmore Hall
Participants
- Hana Chang violin
- Guido Sant’Anna violin
- Michael Shaham violin
- Noga Shaham viola
- LiLa cello
- Manuel Lipstein cello
- Avery Gagliano piano
Programme
Robert Schumann (1810–1856)
Novelletten Op. 21
Ernst von Dohnányi (1877–1960)
Serenade in C major, Op. 10
Johannes Brahms (1833–1897)
Piano Trio No. 3, Op. 101
Subject to change.
Wigmore Hall
Participants
- Hana Chang violin
- Guido Sant’Anna violin
- Michael Shaham violin
- Noga Shaham viola
- LiLa cello
- Manuel Lipstein cello
- Avery Gagliano piano
- Sir András Schiff piano
Programme
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809–1847)
Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor, Op. 49
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827)
Violin Sonata No. 9 in A major, Op. 47 „Kreutzersonate”
Robert Schumann (1810–1856)
Piano Quartet in E flat major, Op. 47
Subject to change.