Date: November 9th, 2011 (Wednesday)
Location: Lincoln Center in NY (Alice Tully Hall)
Time: 8:00PM
Note: 50% of the ticket sales originated from KCCP members will be contributed back to the KCCF Foundation to support KCCP. For more information on ticket costs, please contact Daniel Jang.
RSVP to Daniel Jang at Danielcj777@msn.com or (732) 208-2488
Rose Jang is an acclaimed Korean-American pop opera artist who is well-known for singing operatic arias, musical and classic pop songs. She is the first Korean to release an album comprising operatic arias as well as hit musical songs. Her album is distributed by Mnet. Jang is a PR ambassador for many organizations including the Korean Tourism Office and Unesco of Korea. She recently became a PR ambassador for the National Committee for Jeju New 7 Wonders of Nature.
Jang was born in Princeton. She is the daughter of Daniel Jang who has a doctorate from Princeton University and is also a graduate of Kyunggi High School and Seoul National University. She performed the violin as part of the New Jersey Youth Symphony. She performed with the New Jersey Youth Symphony at Carnegie Hall at the age of 17. She is a graduate of Smith College. She has also has studied at Columbia University in New York City and Goldsmith College in London. She is fluent in English, Korean, and French.
Jang has won a number of awards for her accomplishments in music including the award for “Outstanding Vocalist” in the “Classical” category at the South Korean Entertainment Awards. Awards were given to sixty of Korea’s leading music, film, and performing arts icons. Jang was also awarded “Most Successful Artist” of 2009 at the Seoul Success Awards. She received the “special” award at Asia’s largest music festival “The Asia Song Festival”. Jang has performed at major events including the inaugural ceremony of South Korean President Lee Myung Bak and an event celebrating U.N. Secretary General Ban, Ki-Moon.