Guest Artist Recital - Wynona Wang, piano

Friday, April 3

Time:

Cost: Free


Location:

Wiedemann Hall

1845 Fairmount
Wichita, KS 67260

Event Contact

Meg Gray
Email: meg.gray@wichita.edu

Chinese pianist Wynona Wang has captured the attention of audiences around the world with a string of impressive competition successes, including winning the Bronze Medal at the 2024 Gina Bachauer International Artists Piano Competition, first prize at the 2018 Concert Artists Guild International Competition and 2017 Wideman International Piano Competition in Louisiana, and as a finalist and multi-prize winner in the 2023 Sydney International Piano Competition.

Wynona has performed with many national and international symphonies, including the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, the Academic Symphony of the National Philharmonic Society of Ukraine, the Romanian Mihail Jora Philharmonic Orchestra, the Utah Symphony, the Pasadena Symphony, the Hilton Head Symphony, The Orchestra NOW, California North State Symphony, Midland Symphony, Roswell Symphony, and the Northwest Florida Symphony. Chamber music collaborations include Garrick Ohlsson, Gilbert Kalish, Joyce Yang, Inon Barnatan, Benjamin Beilman, Kristin Lee, Paul Neubauer, Ani Kavafian, Marcy Rosen, Andres Diaz, Sterling Elliott, and Jordan Bak.

Born in Beijing, Wynona (Yinuo) began playing the piano at age 4 and studied at the Music Middle School of the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing. In 2016, she was awarded a full scholarship to study at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, and in 2018, she earned her Performer’s Diploma under the tutelage of the eminent pianist Alessio Bax. She was awarded both the Paul Velucci Piano Award and the Harold Von Mickwitz Prize in Piano by SMU. Wynona earned her bachelor’s and master’s degrees at The Juilliard School, receiving the Arthur Rubinstein Commencement Award, and continues to pursue her Artist Diploma at Juilliard starting in Fall 2024 with Robert McDonald. Wynona Wang is a Young Steinway Artist.

Wang will be performing solo piano works by Haydn, Schumann, Schulhoff, and Rachmaninoff. 

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