Yinfei Wang
Pianist Yinfei Wang made his first public appearance at the age of seven in the Shanghai Concert Hall. Since then, he has performed throughout China, Singapore, Spain, Australia and the United States. He has been a prizewinner of many national and international piano competitions, including Washington International Piano Competition, Gershwin International Piano Competition, Five Towns Piano Comeptition in New York, Jacob Flier Piano Competition, Shande Ding Piano Competition in Shanghai, Chopin Piano Competition in Connecticut and many others. As a soloist, Mr. Wang has performed with the Hudson Valley Philharmonic Orchestra, the MSM Symphony Orchestra, with conductors Vladimir Feltsman, Phillipe Entremont, among others.
An avid chamber musician, Mr. Wang has performed in many music festivals and concert series, including The Perlman Music Program, PianoSummer at New Paltz, Summer Concerts at NEC in Boston, Walnut Hill Music Festival, the Concerts on the Slope series in New York, and many others. He has collaborated withmusicians such as Thomas Hill, Nai-Yuan Hu, Nicholas Kitchen, Kenneth Radnofsky and Cong Wu. His recordings could be foundin the Shanghai Conservatory of Music: Seventieth Anniversary Gala Album.
Mr. Wang received his Bachelor’s degree from the Shanghai Conservatory of Music, his Master’s degree and Professional Studies Certificate from the Manhattan School of Music. He is currently in the Doctoral Program at Manhattan School of Music. His Principle teachers include Phillip Kawin, Yanxin Chen, Christopher Zhong and Chongfang Zhang.
王寅飞
出生于上海,旅美钢琴家王寅飞的琴声已经传遍了世界各地。《波士顿音讯》(The Boston Musical Intelligencer)的乐评人吉姆·麦克唐纳(Jim McDonald)先生这样评价他演奏的拉威尔《夜之幽灵》组曲:“如魔法般的演奏效果,让人联想到白银、流水、钟声、冰、空气、黑暗大地等元素,很好地诠释出了拉威尔对伯特兰诗歌的敬意。”大卫·莫伦(David Moran)则这样评价肖邦第三奏鸣曲:“光亮,很少能听到的声部线条丰富的肖邦演奏。
王寅飞曾作为独奏与Hudson Valley爱乐、曼哈顿音乐学院交响乐团,著名钢琴家、指挥家 Vladimir Feltsman以及Phillipe Entremont等合作演出钢琴协奏曲,与著名小提琴家Nicholas Kitchen、胡乃元,单簧管演奏家Thomas Hill,、萨克斯风演奏家Kenneth Radnofsky等合作演奏室内乐,演出足迹遍布中国、新加坡、澳大利亚、西班牙、英国和美国各地。此外作为波士顿地区胡桃山音乐节的常客,连续多年受邀演奏独奏音乐会和室内乐音乐会,屡获好评。
4岁习琴,7岁在上海音乐厅首次登台演出,之后于上海音乐学院附小,附中及大学钢琴系学习,先后师从马崇芬,张崇芳,黄硕,周帆,钟听,陈彦新老师,期间参与录制了上海音乐学院建校70周年纪念唱片。此外还受到陈宏宽,陈必先,郎朗,刘孟捷,傅聪,Stephen Hough,Robert Levin, Russell Sherman等等诸多大师指导。
多次在国际及国内钢琴⽐比赛中获奖,其中包括1992年上海市青少年钢琴比赛第⼆名,同年上海市青少年海内外钢琴邀请赛第⼀名,2005年山德杯海峡两岸钢琴比赛第三名,2009年Jacob Flier钢琴比赛第⼀名,2011年Miecyslaw Munz钢琴奖学金比赛优胜奖,2011纪念丁善德诞辰100周年钢琴比赛第⼀ 名,2012年纽约Five Towns钢琴比赛第二名,2014年华盛顿国际钢琴比赛决赛奖,2015年第二届格什温国际钢琴比赛第一名,2016年康奈狄格州帕德雷夫斯基国际钢琴比赛第一名等,此外还多次在曼哈顿室内乐比赛获得优胜。
上海音乐学院钢琴演奏学士学位,曼哈顿音乐学院钢琴演奏硕士学位及专业演奏文凭,博士在读,师从钢琴家Phillip Kawin。攻读博士学位期间在曼哈顿音乐学院担任钢琴必修与选修课教学工作,2016年起任教于新泽西州纽约音乐学校,所教学生多在AADGT,格什温,Crescendo等比赛中获奖,以及考入曼哈顿音乐学院,西北大学音乐学院,曼尼斯音乐学院,纽约州立大学等院校钢琴系,以及曼哈顿音乐学院和朱莉亚音乐学院预科。