Jihye Chang, pianist, has appeared as soloist and collaborative artist in venues throughout the United States, the United Kingdom, Costa Rica, Canada, Honduras, and Korea. Her performances have been broadcast on KBS and PBC Korea and Costa Rica Classical Radio, and she has appeared as a soloist with the Wonjoo Philharmonic Orchestra, the Sun-Hwa Philharmonic Orchestra, the Indiana University New Music Ensemble, and the Hot Springs Festival Ensemble.
She is a recipient of many prizes and scholarships, including the Henry Kohn Award for outstanding achievement at the Tanglewood Music Center, the President’s Award as well as a full merit scholarship from Seoul National University, the Music Merit Scholarship from Indiana University, and the Grand Prize from Samick Piano Competition, Korea. She has released several commercial CDs including “Piano for Easy Listening„ on Sony/ BMG Korea, and “Classics for Children„ on Seoul Record, Korea. Most recently she has completed a long-term residency at the Banff Arts Centre, and she is an artist in residence for the newly created ClefWorks Chamber Muic Festival in Montgomery, Alabama.
Ms. Chang has been an enthusiastic interpreter of works by contemporary composers, and has worked with composers including Steven Stucky, John Harbison, Claude Baker, David Dzubay, George Perle, and Steve Rouse. With the Arsenal Trio, she recently presented the Premiere Collaborative at the 2006 New Music Festival of the University of Louisville: a residency culminating in the performance and recording of six world premieres for piano trio.
Ms. Chang holds the degrees of Doctor of Music and Master of Music in Piano Performance from the Jacobs School of Music at Indiana University, where she served as an Associate Instructor for Piano and as the theory instructor for the String Academy. Her primary teachers were György Sebök, Reiko Neriki, and Edward Auer. She received her Bachelor’s degree Summa cum laude from Seoul National University.