KIROV ACADEMY | Gifted & Talented Music Program Student

Matthew Chang (b. 2008) is a student at the Kirov Academy’s Gifted and Talented Program. He has been studying piano with Dr. Kuei-I Wu for six years, and has received numerous accolades during his career, including winning first prizes in the Chopin Competition in Hartford, CT, the William Knabe International Piano Competition, the Great Washington Steinway Piano Competition, and the International Young Artist Piano Competition. Matthew was also a recipient of the Steinway Young Artist Grant and the Kern Foundation’s Aspiration Award in the Rosalyn Tureck International Bach Competition. Matthew has performed with the Washington Conservatory Orchestra and made his European debut in the Metallener Saal Muskkverein in Austria when he was seven years old. He has had six performances featured in Carnegie Hall and also performed in Poland and German Embassies in Washington D.C. as one of the winners of the Kosciuszko Foundation Chopin Competition.

Through the Kirov Academy’s Piano Legends Masterclass Series, he has attended numerous masterclasses and performed for world-renowned artists such as Gary Graffman, Jerome Lowenthal, and John Perry.

Matthew also enjoys playing tennis and karate as well. He has already achieved his first-degree black belt and is working towards the second-degree black belt now.

Gary Graffman Masterclass