November 10-26, 2017

Pianist 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).  His “ability to modulate the piano’s sound […] coupled with his great ear easily gave him an edge” (Sioux City Journal) to capture the first prize at the 2013 Iowa Piano Competition.

Mr. Weng has also won prizes at the Washington International Competition for Piano, Tunbridge Wells International Young Artists Competition, Haverhill Sinfonia Soloists Competition, Pacific Piano Competition, CBC Debut Concert Artists Auditions, and Kingsville International Young Performers Competition.  He has been a recipient of the Solti Foundation Grant and the British Columbia Arts Council Senior Scholarship.

As a soloist as well as a chamber musician, Wayne Weng has performed in Canada, the United States, England, Italy, France, Holland, Belgium, Austria, Serbia, Egypt, Hong Kong, and Taiwan.  These venues include the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C., Chicago Cultural Center, Bargemusic in New York, Bösendorfer Hall at the Mozarthaus in Vienna, Teatro Pavone in Perugia, the Fitzwilliam Museum at the Cambridge University, the National Music Museum in South Dakota, the 92^nd St. Y in New York, Steinway Hall in New York, Brooklyn Public Library, the 100 Club in London, the Palace of Fontainebleau, the Brahms Museum in Mürzzuschlag, the Polish Consulate in New York, the Bulgarian Consulate in New York, Cairo Opera House, the Chan Centre in Vancouver, Orpheum Theatre in Vancouver, the Vancouver Playhouse, and the British Columbia Governor House, among others.

He has performed concerti with the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, Sioux City Symphony Orchestra, Vancouver Metropolitan Orchestra, West Coast Symphony, Philharmonic Orchestra of the University of Alicante, Victoria Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra Seattle, and the Avanti Orchestra.  He has also been heard on radio stations such as the WFMT Chicago, WQXR New York, CBC Radio and Seattle King FM.

In addition to performing, he regularly judges competitions across North America; he has adjudicated at the Festival on the Lake and the North Shore Music Festival in Vancouver, the International Chopin Youth Competition in Houston, and Connecticut State Music Teachers Association Competition.

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 Ecole d’Art Americaines in Fontainebleau, where he was awarded the Piano Prix.

Wayne Weng is a Doctoral candidate at the City University of New York’s Graduate Center, where he is a fellowship recipient and 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 (Bachelor of Music and Performer’s Certificate), Mannes College of Music (Master of Music), Guildhall School of Music and Drama (Master with distinction), and Yale University (Artist Diploma).

As a member of the Phoenix Ensemble, his first commercial recording was released in 2017.  Mr. Weng is represented by Classics Alive Artists management.

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