I have received your forwarded message from my hospital’s webmaster. I had been a member of the orchestra in Taipei Medical College (University now) but I have graduated from TMC for about 10 years. Currently, I still played table tennis and played digital cameras but no performance in Clarinet. Hoping that these can be helpful!
Dr. Kim Chang graduated from the Taipei Medical School Department of Dentistry, and is an Attending Dentist at the Taipei Jen-Ai Hospital. Dr. Kim Chang was first taught to play violin by Professor Lin Tong-Che, and began studying under Professor Yang Tsu-Hsien while an elementary school pupil. Throughout the last 30 years of professional career as a dentist, Dr. Chang never ceased to pursue his passion in music. To this day, he still frequently performs in classical music concerts.
Dr. Chang started entering into violin competitions since an early age, and has received first place awards in All-Taiwan Violin Competitions and Taipei’s Municipal Violin Competition several times. He was the Second Place Winner in the 1972 All Taiwan Music Competition, and was the First Place Winner of the same competition in 1976 and 1985. In 1979, he was awarded the first place awards in both the string quartet and the piano trio categories of the All Taiwan Chamber Music Competition. In addition to the awards won, he was invited many times to perform in concerts featuring concertos as well as chamber music pieces. He has worked with many orchestras, including the Physicians Chamber Orchestra of Taiwan, the National Taiwan University Symphony Orchestra, the Taipei Civic Symphony Orchestra, the Eurasia Chamber Orchestra Taipei, the Physicians Chamber Orchestra of Hong Kong, the Macau Youth Symphony Orchestra, the World Doctors Orchestra, the Taipei Youth Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra, and so on. His repertoire spans a wide range of musical compositions, covering classical music, modern music, as well as musical compositions by current Taiwanese composers.
In September of 2001, At Taipei’s Novel Hall, Dr. Chang held his first and very successful recital, entitled “Music Without Boundaries”. Since then, Dr. Chang has given 9 concerts under such name, to critical acclaim. At these “Music Without Boundaries” concerts, Dr. Chang challenges himself each time with different master pieces, giving professional-level performances as an amateur musician. He also has been joined by his many renowned fellow musician friends who share his passion for music.
Dr. Chang has been the Concert Master and Co-Founder of the Physicians Chamber Orchestra of Taiwan and the Taipei Civic Symphony Orchestra. He has also served as the Director of the Physicians Chamber Orchestra of Taiwan since its establishment in 1990. In addition, Dr. Chang is a lifetime member and Concert Master of the World Doctors Orchestra.
Ching-Hong Kao is conductor of the PCOT – Physician Chamber Orchestra of Taiwan and other orchestras. He wrote a letter:
Dear Wolfgang
Thank you for your regular news letters. I just finished a 3-year master program of orchestra conducting at the Soochow University in Taipei, and keep working with my ‘Physicians’ Chamber Orchestra of Taiwan’ and the ‘Taipei Civic Symphony Orchestra’. Of course, I am still a busy ophthalmologist, specialized in ocular plastic and reconstructive surgery. Music makes me a quite colorful life.
In 1991, a group of physicians and health care professionals, talented and dedicated, began the “Physicians’ Chamber Orchestra of Taiwan “. Since then, they have given more than one hundred concerts around the island, including regular performances in the Taipei National Concert Hall. In 1999 this chamber orchestra expanded to form the Taipei Civic Symphony Orchestra. In their 2001 French concert tour, the proceeds benefited the ‘Vie et Espoir’ association, a children cancer fundation. Each year, the TCSO programs four to six regular concerts at the National Concert Hall. The conductors who used to collaborate with the TCSO include Leader Wang, Shu-Si Chen, Chan Wang, Wei-Ming Hwang, Mark Graveson, Chih-Huei Huang, and Tien-Chi Ling.
Dr. Kim Chang, Dentist, concert master, PCOT and TCSO | Dr. KAO Ching-Hong (violin and director of PCOT, Ophtalmologist)Dr. Hanchih Cheng, pianist and percussionist PCOTChing-Hong KAO
