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.