Ya-Ting Chang

Piano performance, piano pedagogy, chamber music, collaborative piano, live/studio recording

• M.M. in Piano Performance (Peabody Institute of The Johns Hopkins University)
• B.M. in Piano Performance (Peabody Institute of The Johns Hopkins University)

• Applied Piano Lessons
• Chamber Strings (Chamber Ensembles)

Taiwanese-American Pianist Ys-Ting Chang is Executive Director of the Market Square Concerts in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania and a member of the piano faculty at Messiah College in Grantham, Pennsylvania. As the pianist of the Mendelssohn Piano Trio, Chang has toured in the U.S. and abroad as well as recorded numerous CDs with this group.

Ya-Ting Chang came to the United States in 1988. She studied with Enrique Graf, a pupil of Leon Fleisher and Ann Schein, a pupil of Mieczyslaw Munz, Arthur Rubinstein and Myra Hess. Ms. Chang has performed extensively throughout the United States, Germany, Hong Kong and Taiwan. For three years she participated in the Collaborative Artist Program at the Aspen Summer Festival and performed in the International Piccolo Spoleto Music Festival in Charleston, South Carolina. Ms. Chang appeared as a soloist with Messiah College Orchestra, Gettysburg Chamber Orchestra, Shippensburg University Festival Orchestra as well as Hong Kong Chamber Orchestra. She has given masterclasses and served as an adjudicator in competitions. She is also a very active chamber musician who enjoys making music with performers outside of her piano trio. She has collaborated with many instrumentalists including members of the Razumovsky String Quartet, National Chamber Ensemble, Fessenden Ensemble, principal flutists of Memphis and Harrisburg Symphony Orchestras as well as renowned cellist, Ronald Leonard, with whom she recently recorded a cd of cello sonatas by E. Grieg and E. Dohnanyi. The cd has been released by Centaur Records in February 2014.

The Washington Post critics described her recent performances in Washington DC Embassy Series as “impressive” and “eloquent”. Recently, Ms. Chang together with her husband, Peter Sirotin has appeared as a soloist in the world premiere of Ching-Ju Shih double concerto for violin, piano and orchestra at the National Concert Hall in Taipei, Taiwan.

• CRC3293 – Cello Recital: Ronald Leonard & Ya-Ting Chang – E. Grieg / E. Dohnanyi / F. Chopin
• Mark Custom Recording Service - A Matter of Seconds: William Stowman & Ya-Ting Chang

Mendelssohn Piano Trio

• CRC3392 – J. Haydn Piano Trios, Vol. 6
• CRC3358 - J. Haydn Piano Trios, Vol. 5
• CRC3292 - J. Haydn Piano Trios, Vol. 4
• CRC3238 - J. Haydn Piano Trios, Vol. 3
• CRC3191 - J. Haydn Piano Trios, Vol. 2
• CRC3126 - J. Haydn Piano Trios, Vol. 1
• CRC2925 – Felix Mendelssohn Piano Trios Nos. 1 and 2
• Chiang Wei-Shui Cultural Foundation - Ching-ju Shih Piano Trio “Ode to Life” (2008) and Fantasia Taiwan for Violin and Piano / Chia-chu Ho My Final Resting Place for Piano Trio
• CRC2868 – B. Smetana Piano Trio, Op. 15 / J. Suk Piano Trio, Op. 2 / Piano Quartet, Op. 1
• My Music, Multiplyidea Co. Ltd. – Mendelssohn Piano Trio Live at the National Concert Hall, Taiwan
• CRC2718 – R. Strauss Piano Trios Nos. 1 and 2 / Piano Quartet in C Minor
• CRC2684 – K. Goldmark Piano Trios Op. 4 and Op. 33
• CRC2571 - S. I. Taneyev Piano Quartet, Op. 20 / Piano Trio, Op. 22