Sarah Chang

About

Sarah recently graduated from the Doctor of Medicine University of Melbourne. However, she has continued to pursue her musical endeavours whole-heartedly.

Sarah attributes much of her success in music to the excellent tutelage of her teachers. She learnt with Dr Evgeny Sorkin whilst studying at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music’s Open Academy Rising Stars Program, and with Associate Professor Michele Walsh whilst completing her studies at Griffith University in Queensland.

Sarah was the winner of the International Animato Violin Competition in 2016, the Marcus Edwards Prize in 2017, and the UNSW Concerto Competition in 2018. She was a finalist in the Kendall National Violin Competition in 2018, and finalist and winner of the player’s prize in the NSW Concerto Competition in 2015 and 2018, performing Bruch’s Violin Concerto and Paganini’s Violin Concerto No. 1. She received the First in State prize for two subjects, Music and Music Extension, in the Higher School Certificate, and subsequently was invited to perform at the Sydney Opera House as part of HSC Encore 2018.

As an avid chamber and orchestral musician, Sarah’s 2024 music highlights included AYO’s Seasons in Hobart, Melbourne and Geelong, and AYO Chamber Players in Goulburn with the Orava Quartet. Sarah has been the concertmaster of several orchestras including the Australian Medical Students’ Orchestra, and Corpus Medicorum, the Melbourne-based Doctor’s Orchestra, under the baton of Associate Professor Keith Crellin OAM and Fabian Russell.

If not in the hospital or in a rehearsal, Sarah can be found running, hiking a mountain, or baking bread.