The Keyboard Trust presents welcomes Chenyu Wang

Hosted at Steinway Hall UK, Thursday 15th of October 6:30pm

The Keyboard Trust and Steinway Hall welcome Chenyu Wang

Location: 44 Marylebone Lane London W1U 2DB United Kingdom

Tickets: Eventbrite

Programme:

Schumann Kreisleriana Op.16
Ravel Sonatine
Beethoven  Sonata No. 31 in A flat major Op.110

Biography:

Chenyu Wang, 23, from Zhuhai, China, is currently pursuing her Master of Music degree at the New England Conservatory in Boston, studying under Alexander Korsantia and Alessio Bax.

From 2014 to 2020, Chenyu studied at the Music School affiliated with the Xinghai Conservatory of Music in Guangzhou, where she won the Concerto Prize in the piano department and received multiple scholarships. She also gave recitals at Guangzhou’s Steinway House. In 2016, she won First Prize in the Beijing Xinghai Cup, one of China’s top national competitions for young pianists.

In June 2024, she graduated with First Class Honours in the Bachelor of Music from the Royal Academy of Music, where she studied under Ian Fountain on a full scholarship from 2020 to 2024. She received the Edna Bralesford Piano Prize for the highest recital mark of the year. Chenyu was awarded the Polonsky Foundation Fellowship with a full scholarship to attend the 2024 Aspen Music Festival and School. In 2023, she won First Prize in the Piano Recital category at the Oxford Music Festival.

Chenyu has performed at prestigious venues including Jordan Hall in Boston, St James’s Piccadilly in London, the Wiener Saal of the Universität Mozarteum Salzburg, the Concert Hall of the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music in Warsaw, and the Oratorio di Santa Caterina in Cervo, Italy.

In addition to Aspen, Chenyu has participated in notable festivals such as the Oxford Piano Festival, Morningside Music Bridge, Internationale Sommerakademie Mozarteum, and the Accademia Internazionale Estiva di Cervo, among others. She has worked with distinguished musicians including Arie Vardi, Michel Béroff, Steven Kovacevich, Arnulf von Arnim, Eleanor Wong, Aquiles Delle Vigne, and Sa Chen.