Wayne Weng, Piano
Performances by Wayne Weng
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| Franz Liszt | Hungarian Rhapsody no. 12 in c-sharp minor | 12/28/2016 |
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| Franz Schubert | Moment musicaux, D. 780 No. 6 | 12/28/2016 |
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| Franz Schubert | Moment musicaux, D. 780 No. 5 | 12/28/2016 |
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| Franz Schubert | Moment musicaux, D. 780 No. 4 | 12/28/2016 |
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| Franz Schubert | Moment musicaux, D. 780 No. 3 | 12/28/2016 |
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| Franz Schubert | Moment musicaux, D. 780 No. 2 | 12/28/2016 |
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| Franz Schubert | Moment musicaux, D. 780 No. 1 | 12/28/2016 |
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| Franz Liszt | Après une Lecture de Dante | 12/10/2014 |
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| György Kurtág | Kondor Rock (In the Manner of the Aging Liszt), from Játékok | 12/10/2014 |
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| György Kurtág | Capriccioso-luminoso, from Játékok | 12/10/2014 |
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| György Kurtág | Play with Infinity, from Játékok | 12/10/2014 |
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| György Kurtág | Fanfares, from Játékok | 12/10/2014 |
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| György Kurtág | Hommage à Schubert, from Játékok | 12/10/2014 |
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| Franz Schubert | Impromptu Op. 90 No. 3 in G-flat Major, D. 899 | 12/10/2014 |
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| Franz Schubert | Impromptu Op. 90 No. 1 in c minor, D. 899 | 12/10/2014 |
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Wayne Weng, Piano
Biography
Winner of the 2013 Iowa Piano Competition, Wayne Weng’s playing has been described as “bold, vibrant, and immensely musical," and as having “delicacy amounting to almost reverence […] through gossamer touch" (Wiltshire Gazette & Herald). He has received prizes at the Washington International Competition for Piano, Pacific Piano Competition, CBC Debut Concert Artists Auditions, Kingsville International Young Performers Competition, and has been a recipient of the Solti Foundation Grant and the British Columbia Arts Council Senior Scholarship.
Mr. Weng has performed in Canada, the United States, England, France, Holland, Belgium, Austria, Serbia, Egypt, and Hong Kong as a recitalist as well as a collaborative pianist. These venues include the Kennedy Center (Washington, DC), Steinway Hall (New York), the National Music Museum (South Dakota), The Fitzwilliam Museum (Cambridge, England), the 100 Club (London), the Palace of Fontainebleau (France), Ruïnekerk (Bergen, Holland), Brahms Museum (Mürzzuschlag, Austria), Cairo Opera House (Egypt), the Bulgarian Consulate in New York, Orpheum Theatre (Vancouver, BC), the Vancouver Playhouse, and the British Columbia
He has been featured as a soloist with the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, Sioux City Symphony Orchestra, Vancouver Metropolitan Orchestra, Victoria Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra Seattle, and Avanti Orchestra. He has also been heard on radio stations such as the WQXR New York, CBC Radio and Seattle King FM.
He has participated at such summer festivals as the International Holland Music Sessions, International Keyboard Institute and Festival, TCU/Cliburn Piano Institute, Bowdoin International Music Festival, Habitat4Music, and Ecoles d'Art Americaines in Fontainebleau, where he was awarded the Piano Prix.
Mr. Weng is currently pursuing the Doctor of Musical Arts degree at the City University of New York’s Graduate Center, where he studies with Ursula Oppens. He has previously studied with Donna Fishwick, Sasha Starcevich, Natalya Antonova, Pavlina Dokovska, Joan Havill and Peter Frankl. He holds degrees from the Eastman School of Music (B.M., P.C.), Mannes College of Music (M.M.), Guildhall School of Music and Drama (MMus with distinction), and Yale University (A.D.).