Yun-Hua Chang

Teaches: Piano

Taiwanese pianist Chang Yun-Hua (b. 1999) started piano lessons at age 4. She
studied with Dr. Wei-Lung Li at the National Tainan Girls’ High School and entered
the Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music (YSTCM), Singapore, in 2017 to study with
Dr. Thomas Hecht. She graduated with the highest distinction and received Guy
Hentsch Prize for Piano Performance from YSTCM. She completed her master’s
degree in 2023 and is continuing to pursue her doctoral degree at Northwestern
University Bienen School of Music, studying with Dr. James Giles.

Yun-Hua has been actively participating in international music festivals such as
Brancaleoni International Music Festival and Amalfi Coast Music & Arts Festival. She has won numerous awards, including the Second Prize of Section A at the XXVI
Roma International Piano Competition in 2016, Third Prize of Category A at NewArt
International Piano Competition in 2017, First Prize of piano category at the YSTCM
Concerto Competition in 2019, First Prize of Category H at the 3 rd Taipei Taiwan
International Piano Competition in 2021, Third Prize at Thaviu-Issak Piano
Competition in 2022, and First Prize of Senior Nerenberg Division at Musicians Club
of Women Award in 2024.

Yun-Hua has given performances in Taiwan, Singapore and Italy. She was invited to perform a solo concert for the 27 th Singapore International Piano Festival in June, 2021. She has also performed in masterclasses taught by Dang Thai Son, Chen Pi-
Hsien, Boris Berman, Boris Slutsky, Logan Skelton, Matti Raekallio, Ursula Oppens,
and Ran Dank.

In addition to being a soloist, Yun-Hua has been involved in chamber music and
collaborative piano performances. At the YSTCM, she participated in many chamber groups. She is a member of Conbrio Piano Quartet founded in 2019 by Prof. Bernard Lanskey. The quartet was invited to participate in the first Tianjin Chamber Music Festival in 2019, held by the Tianjin Juilliard School. During the festival, the quartet had masterclasses with Juilliard String Quartet and pianist Xiaohan Wang. The quartet also performed in masterclasses by Gábor Takács-Nagy, Peter Schumayer and Lim Tze Chian.