The UNLV Performing Arts Center welcomes violinist Sarah Chang, one of classical music's captivating and gifted performers, at 8 p.m. on Friday, March 2 as part of the Charles Vanda Master Series. The UNLV Symphony Orchestra, led by conductor Tara Krysa, accompanies Chang, with a special guest appearance by award-winning conductor George Stelluto.
Born in Philadelphia to Korean parents, Chang began her violin studies at age 4 and promptly enrolled in the Juilliard School of Music, where she studied with the late Dorothy DeLay. Within a year she had already performed with several orchestras in the Philadelphia area. Her early auditions, at age 8, for Zubin Mehta and Riccardo Muti led to immediate engagements with the New York Philharmonic and the Philadelphia Orchestra.
Today, Chang has appeared in the music capitals of Asia, Europe and the Americas and frequently collaborates with orchestras such as the New York Philharmonic, the Chicago Symphony, and the Berlin Philharmonic. She records exclusively for EMI Classics and her widely lauded recordings include "Fire and Ice," an album of popular shorter works for violin and orchestra, with Placido Domingo conducting the Berlin Philharmonic, a disc of chamber music for strings (Dvorak's Sextet and Tchaikovsky's "Souvenir de Florence"), and the Dvorak Violin Concerto with the London Symphony and Sir Colin Davis.
Tickets to Sarah Chang are $45, $60, and $90 and can be purchased at the Performing Arts Center Box Office at 895-ARTS (2787) or by visiting pac.unlv.edu. Student rush tickets are $13 each and available one hour prior to each event, based on availability and with valid student I.D. UNLV faculty and staff discounts also are available. A $1 facilities fee, in addition to the ticket price, is charged on all Performing Arts Center tickets. The box office is open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday. Information about all of the season's performances can be found on the Performing Arts Center website, located at pac.unlv.edu.
Founded in 1976, the Performing Arts Center at UNLV continues to be Southern Nevada's premier performing arts venue. Located on the north end of the UNLV campus, the PAC hosts a variety of performances each year in three distinct series - the Charles Vanda Master Series, New York Stage & Beyond Series, and the Classical Guitar Series. UNLV and KLVX Channel 10 are graciously sponsoring the season.
