last updated August 8th, 2017

Videos:

Watch a collection of performances of Wayne Weng playing Schubert, Beethoven, Liszt, and Scarlatti

Video Interview with Wayne Weng:

What is the most challenging and most rewarding thing about being a solo artist?

What inspired you to put together a program of texts and music intertwined? Does it influence the way you play the pieces?

Is there a piece in your program that you have a strong personal connection to?

How do you handle playing different pianos?

What do you find are the most prominent differences when performing as a soloist versus playing in an ensemble?

What is the biggest way being a performer has changed your day-to-day life?

What to you think about while playing? How do you think that adds to or affects your performance?

What are some of the considerations when making decisions about repertoire and your own musical interpretation of it?

What needs to happen in order for classical music to be as popular as, for example, professional sports?

Media:

Read a performance review – Sioux City Journal

Read a write-up of Wayne Weng winning the Iowa International Piano Competition – Yale School of Music

 

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