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Klavir FL2

Year of birth: 2004
Country: China

Kup Wang (1)
Kup Wang (2)
Kup Wang (3)

Kuo Wang began piano at the age of five under the inspiration of L. Jian. He studied with F. Min at the Shanghai Conservatory of Music and C. Xu at Ningbo University. In 2018, he entered the Middle School of the Shanghai Conservatory of Music, studying with T. Jin. He has received scholarships and performed at major events such as the Ode to Spring Film Symphony Concert and Triple Concerto, Op. 56 by Ludwig van Beethoven with the Ningbo Symphony Orchestra. He has won numerous prizes, including the Gold Prize at the 2017 Pearl River – Kayserburg International Youth Piano Competition, Gold and Silver at the 2018 “Silk Road Piano” Ningbo International Piano Art Festival, Gold at the 2019 Mozart Int’l Piano Competition China, and Silver at the 2021 Scriabin International Piano Competition. Since 2022, he has studied at the University of Music Franz List Weimar, first with M. Lifits, then with M. Kim. He has worked with L. Natochenny, M. Dalberto, T. Krämer and C. Hung-Kuan. In 2025, he won six awards at the Piano Campus International Competition in France, including the Piano Campus d’Or and Audience Award. He performs regularly in Germany, China, Japan, and beyond.

Programme

1st round

Ludwig van Beethoven 
Sonata No. 32 in C minor, Op. 111
     I. Maestoso – Allegro con brio ed appassionato
     II. Arietta: Adagio molto semplice e cantabile

Franz Schubert, arr. Franz Liszt

Am Tage Aller Seelen, Litanei, D. 343/26, S. 562/1 
Aufenthalt (Schwanengesang), D. 957/5, S. 560/3
Liebesbotschaft (Schwanengesang), D. 957/1 / S. 560/10

Mily Balakirev

Islamey: Oriental Fantasy, Op. 18
     I. Allegro con fuoco
     II. Andantino espressivo
     III. Allegro vivo

2nd round

Johannes Brahms
Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Handel, Op. 24

Arnold Schönberg

Six Little Piano Pieces, Op. 19
     I. Leicht
     II. Langsam
     III. Sehr langsame Viertel
     IV. Rasch, aber leicht
     V. Etwas rasch
     VI. Sehr langsam

Sergei Prokofiev 

Sonata No. 6 in A major, Op. 82
     I. Allegro moderato
     II. Allegretto
     III. Tempo di valzer lentissimo
     IV. Vivace

3rd round

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minor, Op. 23
     I. Allegro ma non troppo e molto maestoso – Allegro con spiritoso
     II. Andantino semplice – Prestissimo
     III. Allegro con fuoco – Molto meno mosso – Allegro vivo

Prejete nagrade

  • Gold Prize, Pearl River, Kayserburg International Youth Piano Competition, Guangzhou, China , 2017
  • Gold and Silver, “Silk Road Piano” Ningbo International Piano Art Festival, Ningbo, China, 2018
  • Gold, Mozart Int’l Piano Competition, Beijing, China , 2019
  • Silver, Scriabin International Piano Competition, Xiamen, China, 2021
  • 1st prize, Piano Campus International Competition in France, Pontoise, France, 2025