Han-na Chang is a conductor and cellist born on December 23, 1982, in Suwon,
Gyeonggi-do, South Korea. She began studying piano at age three and cello at
six. In 1993, her family moved to the United States, where she enrolled in the
pre-college division of the Juilliard School. Chang's breakthrough came in 1994
when she won the First Prize at the Fifth Rostropovich International Cello
Competition. She made her debut recording of Tchaikovsky's Variations on a
Rococo Theme in 1995 with Mstislav Rostropovich conducting the London Symphony
Orchestra. Chang later shifted her focus to...