Program
Ground on the 3rd tone, MB26 | Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625)
Chaconne in D minor for the Left Hand, BWV 1004 | Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), arr. Brahms
Reverie (1999) | Andrew Rindfleisch (b. 1963)
Four Pieces for Piano, Op. 119 | Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
I. Intermezzo in B Minor
IV. Rhapsody in E-Flat Major
-Intermission-
Aghavni [Doves] (2009) | Mary Kouyoumdjia (b. 1983)
Doremi Variations (2015) | Juri Seo (b. 1981)
Under the Summer Tree... | Margaret Brouwer (b. 1940)
II. And they build a shady seat... Ah, no; the years, the years;
III. See the white storm-birds wing across!
Steinway Artist Shuai Wang has performed extensively in major venues such as Lincoln Center, Merkin Hall, and Symphony Space in New York, the Kennedy Center and Phillips Collection in Washington D.C., the Dame Myra Hess Concert Series in Chicago, the Gardner Museum in Boston, and has also appeared in concert series such as the Buffalo Chamber Music Society and Chamber Music Detroit. She tours regularly throughout China and Europe, and has served as a guest artist at dozens of universities, conservatories and arts academies throughout the United States and abroad. She has appeared as the soloist with the Cleveland Philharmonic Orchestra, Canton Symphony Orchestra, Tianjin Symphony Orchestra, Cleveland Institute of Music Orchestra, Heights Chamber Symphony, Suburban Symphony Orchestra, and the Cleveland State University Symphony Orchestra.
As an orchestral pianist, Dr. Wang has performed under the baton of Ton Koopman (The Cleveland Orchestra), JoAnn Falletta (Buffalo Philharmonic), Gerhardt Zimmermann (Canton Symphony), and Robert Moody (Columbus Symphony). She is also a devoted advocate for contemporary music, forming the Ars Futura Ensemble in 2014, regularly commissioning, premiering, and performing works by living composers.
Born in Tianjin, China, with a full scholarship, she came to the United States to study piano at the Interlochen Arts Academy in Michigan. She received a Bachelor of Music at the Cleveland Institute of Music where she subsequently earned dual master's degrees in piano performance and collaborative piano, as well as an artist diploma in collaborative piano and a DMA in piano performance. She is currently teaching piano at CIM and CASE, and also teaches privately in Beachwood.
Updated: 09/20/2024 04:11PM