“Effortless, envy-provoking technique… sweet tone, brilliant expression, and grand style” - Strad Magazine
MICHAEL LUDWIG enjoys a multi-faceted career as a soloist, recording artist, and chamber musician. A highly sought-after soloist, he has performed on four continents, including appearances with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, The Philadelphia Orchestra, the Boston Pops, the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, and the Shanghai Philharmonic Orchestra, collaborating with such conductors as JoAnn Falletta, Sir Georg Solti, Joseph Silverstein, and John Williams among others.
Michael Ludwig’s critically acclaimed discography includes recordings with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, and Virginia Symphony Orchestra. Fanfare magazine writes: “His phrasing is so sensitive—knowing just where to place the slightest emphasis, where to lighten bow pressure ever so slightly to achieve delicate chiaroscuro effects, where to intensify and where to relax his vibrato—it could serve as an object lesson to every budding violinist.” And BBC Music Magazine praises his "persuasive playing, silky tone, sensitivity to colour and flair for 'golden-age' style.”
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Ludwig’s concerts have appeared numerous times on Performance Today, a program that reaches approximately 1.2 million listeners on 230 stations nationwide. Ludwig’s media credits include live radio broadcasts at WRTI (Philadelphia) and WAMC (Albany, NY), as well as an appearance on the program “From the Top.” Sought after as a chamber musician, he has shared the stage with numerous acclaimed artists, such as Christoph Eschenbach, Wolfgang Sawallisch, Yefim Bronfman, Sarah Chang, and Jean-Yves Thibaudet. As a producer his honors include a Mid Atlantic Emmy Award nomination. Ludwig has served as the artistic producer of The Philadelphia Orchestra’s national radio broadcasts, syndicated by the WFMT Fine Arts Network in Chicago.
Michael performs on a rare violin made in the late 1700’s by the Cremonese master Lorenzo Storioni and a Dominique Peccatte bow. His violin has been lauded in a Fanfare review by Jerry Dubins as “one of the most gorgeous instruments I’ve ever heard.” http://michaelludwig.org/home.html
CHOONG-JIN CHANGMr. Chang was appointed Principal Viola of The Philadelphia Orchestra in April 2006. He previously served as Associate Principal Viola in Philadelphia for twelve years. He was a double major in violin and viola at the Curtis Institute of Music, studying with the late Jascha Brodsky and Joseph dePasquale. Mr. Chang was born in Korea, and immigrated with his family to the United States when he was thirteen. As a soloist, Mr. Chang made a successful solo debut recital at Carnegie Hall along with numerous recitals in the U.S. and Far East in 2007. He also has appeared recently with the KBS Symphony of South Korea and the Temple University Symphony. In 2008 he is scheduled to perform as a soloist with The Philadelphia Orchestra during its Asian Tour and its summer residency at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center.
An ardent chamber musician, Mr. Chang has participated in numerous chamber music festivals, including the Marlboro Festival, Bridgehampton, Seattle, and Santa-Fe, Evian and Moritzburg in Europe. The list of distinguished musicians with whom he has collaborated includes Emanuel Ax, Yefim Bronfman, Jaime Laredo, André Previn, Mstislav Rostropovich, and, most recently, Yo-Yo Ma, with whom he performed as viola soloist in Strauss’s Don Quixote with The Philadelphia Orchestra. He is a founding member of the Johannes Quartet.Alongside his extensive performing activities, Mr. Chang is a respected teacher on both violin and viola. Among his former pupils are current members of The Philadelphia Orchestra and the Cleveland Orchestra, as well as several winners of major competitions. He currently serves on the faculty of Rutgers University’s Mason Gross School of the Arts and Temple Music-Prep.
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