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The Korean born prodigy, Han-Na Chang is a two- Orchestra of Rome, Los Angeles Philharmonic,
time Grammy nominee who at the age of 27 has Philharmonia Orchestra and many more.
already carved out an extraordinary career. A pro-
2007 saw her give the world premiere of Roxanna
tégé of the revered and renowned Russian cellist
Panufnik’s ‘Homage to Handel’ for cello solo,
Mstislav Rostropovich, Han-Na Chang moved to
commissioned by and dedicated to Miss Chang.
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The United States at the age of 10 to study at the
Julliard School of Music. It was at that time that
she adopted the hyphenated spelling of her first
name, which was the result of a translation error
Discography
Vivaldi (Autumn 2008)
London Chamber Orchestra
/Christopher Warren-Green
Romance (2007)
Orchestra dell’Academia
Nazionale di Santa Cecilia
/Antonio Pappano Glazunov,
Saint-Saens, Dvorak,
Tchaikovsky, Lalo, Casias
Shostakovich (2005)
London Symphony
Orchestra /Antionio
Pappano (conductor and
piano)
on her passport papers! At only 11 years of age
Prokofiev (2003)
Han-Na won the prestigious Rostropovich London Symphony
International Cello Competition in Paris, 1994. A
Orchestra/ Antonio Pappano
(conductor and piano)
year later she was given a 1757 Guadagnini, one of
The Swan (2000)
the finest cellos in the world. In 1997 at just 14
Philharmonia Orchestra
years of age Han-Na gave her Carnegie Hall debut
/Leonard Slatkin
with Charles Dutoit and the Montreal Symphony
Fauré, Glazunov,
Rachmaninov, Respighi,
Orchestra. Under the protective eye of For this concert Han-Na will
Saint-Saëns, Tchiakovsky,
Rostropovich, Chang assumed a limited concert
be accompanied by Irish
Dvorak, Yun Joon Kim,
pianist Finghin Collins
agenda of 15 concerts per year. She has since filled
Bruch
performing a programme of
her calendar year with recordings and perform- Brahms and Schumann as Haydn (1998)
ances with some of the world’s greatest orchestras
part of The Irish Times Staatskapelle Dresden /
Celebrity Concert Series Giuseppe Sinopoli
and conductors including the London Symphony
2008/2009. Tchaikovsky, Saint-Saens
Orchestra, Staatskapelle Dresden, Santa Cecilia Tickets from (1996)€15
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