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, making her debut with New York Philharmonic at 8 and recording her first album aged 10. 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.