Euna Kim (violin)
Euna Kim was born in Seoul, Korea and studied violin and chamber music in Korea and Germany. Her teachers included Professors Nam-Yun Kim, Zahkar Bron, Walrei Gradow and Anthony Spiri. She holds a Bachelor of Music Degree from the School of Music at the Korean National University of Arts, a Diploma in Violin Performance and Chamber Music from the Kolner Musikhochschule in Germany and a Konzertexamen from the Staatliche Hochschule fur Musik und Darstellende Kunst in Mannheim.
Following her solo debut at the age of 14 with the Suwon Philharmonic Orchestra, Euna became a fellowship student at the National Theatre Mannheim and a member of the Jeunesse World Orchestra.
Euna has won first prize at numerous competitions in her native Korea. Then in 2003 she received First Prize as a chamber musician at the Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy Competition in Germany. She has given solo and chamber music recitals at the Konzerthaus in Berlin, Schloss Albrechtsberg in Dresden, Beethoven String Trio Abend in Ratingen in Germany and several other occasions in Europe and China. Between 2009 and 2010 she performed at the concerts "Complete Beethoven Sonatas for Piano and Violin" in Seoul, Korea.
Euna has performed as soloist with the Seoul Chamber Orchestra, the Seoul Academy Symphony Orchestra, and the Korean Broadcasting Symphony Orchestra. She has also performed at the Bowdoin Music Festival in the USA, The Verbier Music Festival in Switzerland, the Gaida Contemporary Music Festival in Lithuania, the Berlin Music Festival "Crescendo" and the Niedersachsen International Chamber Music Festival in Germany. In 2011 she appeared at the Hong Kong Arts Festival, New Stage Series. She is presently a member of the City Chamber Orchestra of Hong Kong. This is her first recital for Hong Kong Chamber Music Society.
Evelyn Chang (piano)
Evelyn Chang is a Taiwan-born artist with a cultural background of both the East and the West. Described by the press; ‘ ...not just with brilliant technique, her colourful imagination enriches the music with vivid images...’ She made her London debut in 2004 at the South Bank Centre. The success and exciting reviews of her debut led to collaborations with international artists. In 2012 she joined the distinguished Steinway family as a Steinway Artist.
Launched at the Wigmore Hall, Evelyn’s debut recording with violist Maxim Rysanov received many awards and was picked as Editor’s Choice by Gramophone, BBC Music and Muzik Magazine in 2007. Her debut solo album ‘Poets from the East’ released by Avie Records in 2009 included works by Leonid Desyatnikov, Ma Shui-Long, Scriabin and Dobrinka Tabakova. Her other recordings include a recital album with clarinetist Cristo Barrios released by RALS Records; ‘Mahakali’, a limited edition improvisation album with saxophonist Paul Dunmall on Duns Records and several improvisation recordings on FMR Records.
Throughout the years, Evelyn has been actively involved in promoting new music. She worked closely with composers such as Ed Bennet, Diana Burrell, John Casken, Elena Firsova, Brian Irvine, Elena Langer, Simon Mawhinny, Fumiko Myachi, and Dobrinka Tabakova. In 2010 she premiered Tabakova’s ‘ The Quest’ Piano Concerto with the City Chamber Orchestra of Hong Kong. She is equally active on the chamber music platform, collaborating with outstanding musicians such as Douglas Boyd, Cho Liang Lin, David Cohen, Paul Dunmall, Brian Irvine Ensemble, Roman Mints, Alexander Sitkovetsky, Perry So, Maxim Rysanov, and Jian Wang to name a few.
Recommended by her piano teacher Mary Kuok Chiu Tse, Evelyn moved to London at the age of 13 to study at the Purcell School of Music. She gave regular concerts in Europe and the UK under the supervision of Valéria Szervánsky, Graham Fitch and Andrej Esterházy. She was invited to perform at the Buckingham Palace at the age of 17. Later Evelyn joined the Royal College of Music studying under Professors Irina Zaritskaya and Andrew Ball supported by the Russell Gandler Award and St. Martyn’s scholarship.
In addition to performing, Evelyn teaches at The University of Hong Kong. She currently resides in Hong Kong under the government’s Quality Migrant Scheme.
