Virginia Chang Chien – Past Concerts

Virginia Chang Chien has appeared in concert halls throughout the United States, Canada, Brazil, Czech Republic, and Taiwan. As a winner of Eleazar de Carvalho Festival concerto competition, Ms. Chang Chien enjoys a varied career as a soloist, chamber musician, recording artist, and educator. Based in the New York metro area, she's performed numerous concerts in significant venues, such as Lincoln Center, Carnegie Hall, and the United States Capitol.

Among Ms. Chang Chien's career highlights, she was a guest soloist and presented the Marcello Oboe Concerto in Eleazar de Carvalho Festival, Brazil. During her residency in Banff Centre for the Performing Arts, she gave a lecture about Performance in the Romantic Period and a recital. After her Carnegie Hall debut in 2015, she was commissioned by New York Composer Circle to premiere contemporary works. In 2017, she released an EP featuring contemporary solo work for oboe and her first album – Oboist: Virginia Chang Chien – featuring works of Marcello, Schumann, and Ravel, published by MEII Enterprise INC, NYC. In 2019, she joined as principal oboe at Bear Valley Music Festival under conductor Michael Morgan, performing concert series with renowned pianist Olgan Kern. In 2021, she founded a chamber ensemble called Phantasy Trio, composed of oboe, cello, and piano. The debut concert received favorable reviews. Later, she was invited as a radio guest of National Education Radio (NER) to present her music album and the Phantasy Trio. In 2022, she was invited as guest artist at Klavierhaus, with trio concerts scheduled in April, 2023. As a seasoned oboe player, her appearances include with the United Nations Symphony Orchestra, Asian Cultural Symphony Orchestra, the UN Woodwind Quintet, Ureuk Symphony, and New York Composer Circles.

Recent solo appearances include a performance of the Bach Concerto For Violin and Oboe; Marcello Oboe Concerto; Schmann Six Etudes, Op. 56; Schumann Fantasy, Op. 73, arranged for oboe and piano; Peri Mauer's Journey for solo oboe; Eugene Marlow's Pastoral Landscape for oboe, violin, and cello; Moshe Knoll's Introduction and Allegro; Max Bruch's chamber works; and many others. Her solo performance earned her reviews, including from music critic sites The Glass and Soundwordsight.

As a oboe and piano educator, she conducted an oboe master class in Taiwan. In addition to her private studio, she held teaching position at Piano School of NYC, Garden School of Performing Arts, Beekman International School, and Léman Manhattan Preparatory School. Originally from Taiwan, Virginia received a Master's degree under Professor Humbert Lucarelli at the Queens College, CUNY.