[NEohioPAL]Angelin Chang wins Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Soloist Performance with Orchestra

[Johnny K. Wu]

One of our Cleveland's own, wins a Grammy Award for Best Instrumental
Soloist Performance with Orchestra. Congratulations!

- Johnny Wu



The 49th Annual GRAMMY Awards Roundup: Classical Field
January 24, 2007
GRAMMY.com
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Pianists frequently fare well in the category of BEST INSTRUMENTAL
SOLOIST(S) PERFORMANCE (WITH ORCHESTRA), and this year was no exception.
Brazilian veteran Nelson Freire earned a nod for his heroic performance =
on
Brahms: The Piano Concertos conducted by Riccardo Chailly. John =
McLaughlin
Williams conducted pianist Angelin Chang, who handled the flamboyant =
solo
duties in a recording of French mystic Messiaen's Oiseaux Exotiques with =
the
Cleveland Chamber Symphony. The compelling young soloist Leif Ove =
Andsnes
won widespread attention with his muscular yet romantic vision of
Rachmaninoff's Piano Concertos 1 & 2, which was conducted by Antonio
Pappano. But keyboardists didn't sweep the field: Violinist Peter =
Sheppard
Skaerved attracted attention with his commanding performance of Hans =
Werner
Henze's demanding Violin Concertos Nos. 1 And 3 conducted by Christopher
Lyndon-Gee. And Danish composer Ole Schmidt conducted Schmidt: =
Concertos, a
disc of his own showpieces for flutist Ulla Miilmann as well as =
French-horn
player David M.A.P. Palmquist and tuba player Jens Bjorn Larsen.
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Renowned pianist at Cleveland State nominated for Grammy Award

Dr. Angelin Chang, internationally acclaimed concert pianist and an
assistant professor of piano at Cleveland State University, has been
nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Soloist Performance =
with
Orchestra.
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Chang was nominated for her performance of Olivier Messiaen's =93Oiseaux
Exotiques=94 with the Cleveland Chamber Symphony, conducted by John =
McLaughlin
Williams and recorded and engineered by Cleveland State audio engineer =
David
Yost.
She is the only North American among the five musicians nominated in =
this
category. The 49th Annual Grammy Award winners will be announced on =
February
11, 2007 at a live telecast from Los Angeles.=20
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Chang studied with Messiaen and Yvonne Loriod-Messiaen in Paris and was
awarded First Prizes in both piano and chamber music during the same =
year
from the Conservatoire National Sup=E9rieur de Musique de Paris (Paris
Conservatoire). While earning her Doctor of Musical Arts from Peabody
Institute-Johns Hopkins University, she wrote her dissertation on =
Messiaen.
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Even before receiving the coveted Grammy nomination, Chang's rendition =
of
Oiseaux Exotiques won wide critical acclaim. The Gramophone (U.K.) noted =
her
=93alternately prismatic and pointed artistry=94 and found it =
=93invariably
excellent.=94 State Magazine characterized her performance as =
=93dazzlingly
pyrotechnic,=94 and The Plain Dealer called her a =93vibrant soloist =
[who]
managed the death-defying writing with equal dash and subtlety.=94
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Recognized for her sense of poetry and technical brilliance, Chang =
performs
in Europe, Asia, Africa and North and South America. Her concert tours =
have
included the Kennedy Center (Washington, D.C.), Lincoln Center (New =
York),
Severance Hall (Cleveland), St. Martin-in-the-Fields (London), Beijing
Concert Hall (China), and the South African Broadcasting Corporation.=20
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As the first Artist-in-Residence at the Kennedy Center in Washington, =
D.C.,
Chang participated in developing and launching the Arts for Everyone
initiative. She has performed at the U.S. Department of State, for the
United Nations Women's Organization and before the Royal Family of =
Nepal. An
active chamber musician, she performs regularly with the legendary =
violist
Joseph de Pasquale, The de Pasquale String Quartet, and with members of =
the
Philadelphia Orchestra and Cleveland Orchestra.=20
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She earned her Premier Prix-Piano and Premier Prix-Musique de Chambre =
from
the Paris Conservatoire, Master of Music and Distinguished Performer
Certificate from Indiana University, BA in French and Bachelor of Music =
from
Ball State University, and highest honors upon graduation from the
Interlochen Arts Academy.=20
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Chang has been head of keyboard studies and faculty member at Cleveland
State University since 2001, where she is also coordinator for chamber
music. Previously, she was on the piano faculty at Rutgers-The State
University of New Jersey.=20
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Recent CDs include Soaring Spirit (Albany Records) with Chang on piano =
and
Joseph de Pasquale on viola, and Cleveland Chamber Symphony (TNC) with =
Chang
as piano soloist in Messiaen's =93Oiseaux Exotiques=94 and =
Shostakovich's Piano
Concerto No. 1.
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Chang serves as the North America representative for the Festival
Afro-Asiatique Mondial des Oeuvres de Solidarit=E9 (FAMOUS), and =
president of
the Panafrican Music and Arts Festival/Piano Division. She is a member =
of
the Board of Trustees for the Great Lakes Theater Festival in Cleveland,
co-president of the Ohio Music Teachers Association Northeast District, =
and
state coordinator for the Music Teachers National Association Young =
Artists
Competition and MTNA Chamber Music Competition.
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Strategically located in the heart of one of America's most vibrant =
cultural
centers, the Department of Music at Cleveland State utilizes the city's =
rich
musical resources to provide students with a complete spectrum of
educational opportunities. The University draws from the internationally
renowned Cleveland Orchestra and other noted professional organizations,
giving students the opportunity to study with some of the finest =
musicians
in the world.=20
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Angelin Chang's website:
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