Chiao-Hua Chang

MA Ethno-Musicology / Erhu soloist

Chang was born in Taiwan and has been living in Vienna as a freelance musician and erhu teacher since 2013, after teaching erhu in Taiwan for 12 years. She has performed with numerous national and international musicians and ensembles in many countries.
Here is a small selection: For example, she took part in the play “Don Quixote” at the Haag Summer Theatre and performed with Hans Tschiritsch and accordionist Otto Lechner at the Porgy and Bess jazz club. She is currently playing in the “Three Continents” project with Przemysław Strączek, in the reading “Der West-Östliche Artmann”, in the Orchestra of Cultures under Adrian Werum and in “Colores” by Eldis La Rosa.
She has also played her instrument at various international festivals for free improvisation.

The erhu is a two-stringed Chinese string instrument with a snakeskin-covered sound box. This gives the instrument its characteristic sound. According to historical records, the erhu was first mentioned around 1000 years ago in the Tang dynasty.