Biography
By the time pianist Xiayin Wang arrived in the United States from her native China, she had completed studies at the Shanghai Conservatory and garnered an enviable record of first prize awards and special honors for her performances throughout China, most notably in the Fu Zhou National Piano Competition, Hang Zhou Instrumental Competition, Zhe Jiang Competition, and the National Piano Competition in Beijing.
She was heard with some of China’s leading orchestras, including the Beijing Opera House Symphony and the Zhe Jiang Symphony, and in many of the country’s most prestigious concert halls. In addition to her performances in China, Ms. Wang has been heard in Europe with the Tenerife Symphony of Spain.
Ms. Wang, who began piano studies at the age of five, came to New York where in 2000 she won the Associated Music Teacher League Award and was given the prize of performing at Carnegie Hall’s Weill Hall. She also pursued studies at the Manhattan School of Music and won the school’s Eisenberg Concerto Competition in 2002, as well as the Roy M. Rubinstein Award. For the upcoming 2007-2008 season, Ms. Wang presents a number of New York concerts in addition to many appearances around the United States.
She made her Carnegie Hall debut on May 16, 2007 in the Stern Auditorium as well as two recent appearances in 2006 at Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall and an evening of chamber music with her colleague, the Amity Players. This summer she performed at the Prestige Series at the International Keyboard Institute and Festival at Mannes. Ms. Wang has just signed a recording contract with Naxos and Marquis Classics, works to include an all Scriabin album.
Ms. Wang commands a particularly eclectic repertoire, ranging from Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Chopin and Liszt to such later masters as Debussy, Ravel, Rachmaninoff, and Medtner, Scriabin and modernists like the American George Perle. She has had unusually wide experience as a chamber music pianist, with a special interest in the chamber works of such French composers as Fauré, Ravel, Poulenc, Messiaen, and Dutilleux. Ms. Wang has been invited to perform at master classes given by many renowned piano teachers, including Byron Janis, Eugene Istomin, Ramzi Yassa, Yefim Bronfman, David Dubal, and Joseph Kalichstein.
An active recitalist, Ms. Wang has been heard in Florida, Arizona, New Jersey, California and at Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully Hall in New York. Xiayin Wang holds Bachelor’s, Master’s, and Professional Studies degrees from the Manhattan School of Music. Her principal teachers have included Dr. Solomon Mikowsky and Nina Svetlanova.