Guest Artist
Viola Faculty
Peabody Conservatory
VICTORIA CHIANG has performed as soloist, recitalist, and chamber musician across North America, Europe and Asia.
Her recording of the viola concertos of Stamitz and Hoffmeister with the Baltimore Chamber Orchestra for the Naxos label was released to acclaim in 2011; her recording of sonatas for viola and piano by Shostakovich and Roslavets was awarded a "strong recommendation" by Fanfare magazine; and her Naxos recording of the Sinfonia Concertante of Ignaz Pleyel with David Perry, violin, and the Baltimore Chamber Orchestra was recently designated CD Pick of the Week by WETA-FM. She has performed as soloist with the Romanian State Philharmonics of Constantsa and Tirgu Muresh, the Duluth Superior Symphony Orchestra, the Acadiana Symphony (Lafayette, LA) the Baltimore Chamber Orchestra, and the National Gallery Orchestra in Washington DC. In June 2010, she was a featured soloist with the Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra at the 38th International Viola Congress. Ms. Chiang has collaborated in chamber music performances with 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, and has given solo performances in Carnegie Hall's Weill Recital Hall and at the XXV International Viola Congress.
Ms. Chiang is a founding member of the Aspen String Trio. The group concertizes internationally, and has recently been appointed Ensemble in Residence at the University of Baltimore. 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. Formerly on the faculty of The Juilliard School and the Hartt School of Music, and a former member of the board of the American Viola Society, her students hold significant positions in orchestras, in string quartets, and on conservatory faculties across the US and in Europe.
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.