Sarah Chang

American classical violinist of Korean heritage, born in Philadelphia in 1980. Chang was an archetypal child prodigy, accepted into the Juilliard School at the age of 5 having performed Bruch's Violin Concerto No.1 as her audition, making her debut with the New York Philharmonic at the age of 8 and recording her first album aged 10. During her career she has been a soloist with the New York Philharmonic and played with most of the world's major orchestras. Chang was Gramophone magazine's 'Young Artist of the Year' in 1993 and has received the Avery Fisher Prize and the Hollywood Bowl's Hall of Fame award.