Sarah Chang

Sarah Chang (장영주; born Young Joo Chang; December 10, 1980) is a Korean American classical violinist. Recognized as a child prodigy, she first played as a soloist with the New York Philharmonic and the Philadelphia Orchestra in 1989. Chang enrolled at the Juilliard School to study music, graduating in 1999. Throughout the 1990s and early to mid-2000s, she had prominent roles as a soloist with many of the world's major orchestras. Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Chang was raised in Cherry Hill and Voorhees Township, New Jersey. Her mother, Myoung-Jun Chang, is a composer, and her father, Min-Soo Chang, was a violinist and music teacher. Chang's parents immigrated to the United States from South Korea in 1979.