Kai-Min Chang
Born in 2001 in Taiwan, Kai-Min Chang is currently a student of T. S. Dang at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music, Ohio. He has taken part in many international piano competitions, and performed with many orchestras, including the Cleveland Orchestra and the National Taiwan Symphony Orchestra. In 2019, he was invited to play George Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue with the National Taiwan Symphony Orchestra at Taiwan’s New Year’s Eve Concert.
Programme
Round 1
F. Chopin: Ballade for Piano No. 1 in G minor, Op. 23
L. van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 28 in A major, Op. 101
R. Wagner, arr. F. Liszt: Overture to Tannhäuser, S. 442
Round 2
J. S. Bach, arr. F. Busoni: “Ich ruf zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ”, chorale prelude, BWV 639
F. Mendelssohn-Bartholdy: Fantasy for piano in F sharp minor, Op. 28 (“Sonate écossaise”)
F. Liszt: Piano Sonata in B minor, S. 178
M. Ravel: La valse, poème choréographique for piano, M. 72
Round 3
S. Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor, Op. 30
Awards received
- 2nd prize, Thomas & Evon Cooper International Competition, Oberlin, United States of America, 2018
- Jury’s Special Prize (Best Polonaise Prize), 4th Asia-Pacific
International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition, 2018
Participation in competitions
- 18th Chopin Competition Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland, 2021
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