Victoria Chiang

Victoria Chiang has performed throughout the North America, Europe and Asia.

Highlights include concerto appearances with the Duluth Superior Symphony

Orchestra, the Acadiana Symphony in Lafeyette, LA, the Romanian State Philharmonics

of Constantsa and Tirgu Muresh, and solo performances in Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall and at the XXV International Viola Congress. Ms. Chiang’s recording of the sonatas for viola and piano by Shostakovich and Roslavets was awarded a “strong recommendation” by Fanfare magazine. This season she is performing and recording Ignaz Pleyel's Sinfonia Concertante for Violin and Viola with the Baltimore Chamber Orchestra for release on the Naxos label.

Ms. Chiang is a founding member of the Aspen Ensemble, a quintet of flute, piano, and strings, which concertizes internationally. Ms. Chiang has collaborated as guest artist with the Guarneri, Takacs, Tokyo, American and Pro Arte String Quartets, and with members of the Emerson, Cleveland, and Juilliard String Quartets. She has been a regular guest artist at the Amelia Island Chamber Music Festival and a frequent guest on the Bargemusic series.

Currently a member of the artist/faculty of the Peabody Conservatory of Music and the Aspen Music Festival, Ms. Chiang has given master classes throughout the world. She is a former faculty member at The Juilliard School and the Hartt School of Music, and is a former member of the board of the American Viola Society.

Ms. Chiang earned the Master of Music degree and Performer's Certificate from the Eastman School of Music, and the Bachelor of Music degree from the Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music. Her principal teachers include Heidi Castleman and Masao Kawasaki, viola; and Dorothy DeLay and Kurt Sassmannshaus, violin.

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