Jingjing Wang

Wang Jingjing Chinese: 王晶晶; pinyin: Wáng Jīngjīng; born 1981 in Hefei, Anhui is a pianist born and raised in China.

Jingjing Wang accepting his First Prize award at the 2008 Panama International Piano Competition from Jury Chairman Jaime Ingram

Biography

Wang Jingjing started piano at age 10,[1] and began to make a career of it at age 17. A Piano Performance graduate of the Shanghai Conservatory of Music, Wang Jingjing made his concert debut at the age of 18, performing Rachmaninoff's Second Piano Concerto with China Hebei Orchestra in the Shanghai Concert Hall. Since his debut, he has given numerous recitals in the United States, France, Spain, Russia, Italy, the Netherlands, Panama[2] and the Canary Islands[3] as well as his native country. He has collaborated as soloist with France's L'Orchestre Symphonique du Limousin, the China Movie Philharmonic, and the Shanghai Opera Symphony Orchestra. He has performed at the Concert Hall of Tchaikovsky Conservatory in Moscow, Town Hall in New York City, the Teatro Nacional in Panama City,[2] among others.

During July 2006, Wang performed in the XV Festival Internacional de Piano held on the Canary Islands.[3] One month later, he won 3rd prize at the 2nd Panama International Piano Competition.[2][4][5] In summer of 2007, as a scholarships receiver in both Mannes International Keyboard Festival and the Music Day Festival in the Netherlands, he attended master classes and given concerts around the Netherlands and the United States.

In March 2008, he was a winner of prestigious Artists International Audition in New York City. In October and November, respectively, Wang won First Prize at the Panama International Piano Competition [6] and Second Prize at the Poulenc International Piano Competition.[7] In March, 2009, he won First Prize the Kankakee Piano Competition and subsequently performed Ravel's Piano Concerto with the Kankakee Valley Symphony Orchestra near Chicago.[8][9] In April 2009, Wang won Third Prize [10][11] at the 51st annual Concurso Internacional Premio Jaén, an internationally respected and longest-running piano competition in Spain. In July, 2009, Wang was 3rd Prize winner in the 15th Ricard Viñes Piano Competition.[12] As of 2012, it is evident from the winner lists that Wang is the only Chinese National to have accumulated top prizes at all of these competitions.

In February, 2010, Wang played his South American debut in Bogota, Colombia.[13][14] This followed a January performance with the National Symphony Orchestra of Panama.[15] In April, 2010, Wang won the University of Illinois Concerto Competition, winning a concerto debut concert in the Krannert Center.[16]

The International Music Foundation welcomed Mr. Wang's debut performance at the Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts held in the Chicago Cultural Center in December, 2012.[17][18]

In addition to his degree from the Shanghai Conservatory, Wang received a master's degree in Piano Performance at the Chicago College of Performing Arts in 2007,[19] studying under Dr. Solomon Mikowsky.[20]

References
  1. University of Science and Technology of China High School Biography
  2. "Prensa coverage of the 2006 Panama Competition winners". Archived from the original on 2009-10-02. Retrieved 2009-04-15.
  3. El Dia newspaper, June 30, 2006
  4. Terra.es coverage of the 2006 Panama Competition winners
  5. Chinese site cqVIP coverage of the 2006 Panama Competition winners
  6. "Panama Competition Winners"
  7. Poulenc Competition Archived 2008-06-19 at the Wayback Machine
  8. "Kankakee Daily Journal, April 6, 2009". Archived from the original on 2008-07-09. Retrieved 2009-04-15.
  9. Linkable Google cache of the April 6, 2009 story
  10. El Pais, April 25, 2009
  11. "Official Jaen Press Notice". Archived from the original on 2009-12-21. Retrieved 2009-04-28.
  12. Ricard Viñes Winners of Previous Editions
  13. Estereo Fonica, February 10, 2010
  14. Ministerio de Cultura Republica de Colombia, February 12, 2010
  15. Step to Life, January 11, 2010
  16. "University of Illinois School of Music News, April 12, 2010". Archived from the original on June 15, 2010. Retrieved June 20, 2010.
  17. "Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concert Schedules, retrieved Jan, 2013". Archived from the original on 2013-01-16. Retrieved 2013-01-06.
  18. Chicago Reader Events, retrieved Dec, 2012
  19. "Kankakee Daily Journal, March 8, 2009". Archived from the original on 2008-07-09. Retrieved 2009-04-15.
  20. Dr. Solomon Mikowsky's Official Site, List of Prize-winning Students
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