Han-Na Chang Official Biography

Han-Na Chang’s prestigious and unique international career spans three decades. 2024 marks the 30th anniversary year of her extraordinary debut on the international stages, when as an 11-year-old, she won the First Prize at the Fifth International Rostropovich Cello Competition in Paris.

Han-Na Chang serves as the Artistic Leader and Chief Conductor of the Trondheim Symfoniorkester & Opera in Norway since 2017, and Erste Gastdirigentin of the Symphoniker Hamburg – Laeiszhalle Orchester since 2022. In addition, she is the Music and Artistic Director of the newly founded annual music festival “Han-Na Chang’s DaejeonGrandFestival” organized by the Daejeon Arts Center, the inaugural festival to be held in November 2024.  The Festival’s mission is to spotlight outstanding performers of the next generation and to share the joy of music through varied and in-depth programs of all-things Classical with a wider audience.

The 2024-25 season will finally see Han-Na Chang make her highly anticipated debut with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, five years after it was originally scheduled owing to the pandemic. As a guest conductor … Download full 2024-25 Biography