張佳韻 l 指揮

自幼學習音樂，主修豎笛及管弦樂指揮法。曾師事薛耀武教授、徐頌仁教授， 1986年進入美國西岸極負盛譽之南加大﹝USC﹞，獲全額獎學金主修豎笛，師事名豎笛家Mr. Mitchell Lurie。 1989年再以優異成績脫穎而出，得以師事Mr. Daniel Lewis修管絃樂團指揮，獲豎笛與管絃樂團指揮雙碩士學位。

畢業後曾任美國愛達荷州Spokane交響樂團客席指揮、加州R.D.Colburn中學、Crossroads 音樂高中、Idyllwild藝術學校以及L.A.Mozart管弦樂團指揮和學校教職。

1993年回台後至今，經常指揮國家交響樂團、國立臺灣交響樂團、高雄市立交響樂團、台南市立交響樂團及各大學管絃樂團於全省各地及國家音樂廳演出，並與世界著名音樂大師Vesselin Paraschkevov、Salvatore Accardo、Andre Cazalet、Tibor Kovac、Peter-Lukas Graf、

William Bennett、Hayley Westenra、Russel Watson及國內名音樂家等跨界或合作演出。2001年於亞洲廣告會議中，指揮臺灣文化自由之夜演出、2002年十月於總統府廣場指揮全國星空音樂會演出，同年亦於上海─台北音樂薈萃兩岸文化交流活動中指揮演出，2009年擔任高雄世運開幕音樂會指揮，皆深受佳評。2012受聘至美國University of Central Arkansas擔任客座教授，並指揮Conway Symphony Orchestra演出。2013年受邀至北京國家大劇院演出。近年陸續應邀至韓國、中國、美國、加拿大、泰國指揮演出，皆獲熱烈迴響。

1997年參加東京國際管弦樂團指揮大賽，榮獲亞洲區優勝。2000年於西班牙巴塞隆納國際管絃樂指揮大賽成為進入決賽的唯一亞洲人，獲第四獎優勝，以Sir Neville Mariner 為主席的評審團評論張佳韻『指揮拍點清晰、極富音樂性、能與樂團在融洽的氣氛中保持流暢優異的交流，並顯現傑出敏銳的聽力』。前任國家交響樂團總監及指揮林望傑亦稱讚張佳韻『經由敏銳的聽力及卓越的能力，在指揮台上能清晰地溝通音樂概念，是極富經驗並具傑出水準的指揮』。Peter-Lukas Graf 國際知名的長笛大師則特別指出『Amy Chang具有極為優異的能力，能完全領悟與立即反映獨奏家的音樂而與其配合，與張佳韻指揮合作尤其令人喜悅』。

曾任職臺北市立國樂團副團長，目前定期客席指揮各大樂團演出，且擔任愚韻管絃樂團指揮，並任教於臺北市立大學及國立臺北藝術大學音樂系所。

Amy Chang l Conductor

Born in Taipei, Amy Chang began her musical studies on piano and clarinet at an early age.  In 1984, she was awarded first prize in the National Music Contest and credited as the youngest person to have conducted at the Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hall, formerly Taiwan’s largest concert hall. With full scholarship, Chang studied with Mitchell Lurie、 Yehuda Gilad、 Daniel Lewis and William Schaefer, and earned MA degrees in both clarinet performance and instrumental conducting from the University of Southern California, U.S.A.

Amy Chang was the winner of Asia in Tokyo International Music Competition for Conductors in 1997. And she received the 4th prize of international conducting competition in Barcelona, 2000, Maestro Neville Mariner made the comments on her conducting “extremely musical, clear conducting pattern, flowed and outstanding communication with orchestra members in a very pleasant atmosphere”. And Maestro Jahja Lin has recommended Amy Chang as a well-qualified and experienced conductor due to her kin ears and excellent ability to communicate her music ideas clearly on the podium. Also Maestro Peter-Lukas Graf has quoted “It is an exceptional pleasure to collaborate with conductor Amy Chang, who has the wonderful quality to accompany a soloist with immediate response and musical understanding”.

Through the years, Amy has conducted many subscription concerts with National Symphony Orchestra in Taipei, frequently guest conducted major symphony orchestras in Taiwan, and been praised highly by both critics and fans.  She has premiered lots of Asia composers’ operas and orchestra works, and is also a frequent guest conductor with orchestras in China, Korea, Canada and the United States.  She has collaborated notably with Vesselin Paraschkevov、Salvatore Accardo、Andre Cazalet 、Tibor Kovac 、Peter-Lukas Graf 、 William Bennett、Hayley Westenra and Russell Watson. In addition, Amy Chang has recorded several CD’s for promoting music education in Taiwan.

In 2012 Amy Chang was given a visiting artist in residence position at the University of Central Arkansas. U.S.A. “Amy Chang brings so many artistic strengths to our Conway Symphony and our community," notes Dr. Jeff Jarvis, chair of the UCA music department and a Conway Symphony Orchestra board member.

Amy Chang is frequently guest conducting various distinguished orchestras to perform. She has served  the assistant conductor of National Symphony Orchestra in Taipei and deputy director of Taipei Chinese Orchestra.  Currently Amy Chang is the director and conductor of Yu-Yun orchestra, and a professor at both University of Taipei and Taipei National University of Arts in Taiwan.