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Zhiquan Wang

Year of birth: 2009
Country: China

Zhiquan Wang (1)
Zhiquan Wang (2)
Zhiquan Wang (3)

Zhiquan Wang began learning the piano at the age of four. At eight, he was admitted to the Music Middle School Affiliated to the Shanghai Conservatory of Music, where he currently studies with T. Zhe. He has earned numerous accolades, notably the first prize and four special prizes in the 66th International Piano Competition Prize Jaén in Spain, where he became the youngest winner in the history of the competition. In 2024, he was also recognized at the Classic Piano International Competition in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. He has performed with renowned orchestras, including the New Russia State Symphony Orchestra, the Armenian State Symphony Orchestra and the Málaga Philharmonic Orchestra. He has also appeared at numerous prestigious international music festivals, earning widespread critical acclaim.

Programme

1st round

Ludwig van Beethoven
Sonata št. 21 v C-duru, op. 53, »Waldstein«
     I. Allegro con brio
     II. Introduzione: Adagio molto
     III. Rondo. Allegretto moderato – Prestissimo

Enrique Granados
Goyescas, H. 64
     I. Los Requiebros

Nikolai Karlovich Medtner
Forgotten Melodies, Op. 39
     IV. Jutranja pesem / Canzona matinata

Maurice Ravel
La valse, M. 72

2nd round

Georg Friedrich Händel
Chaconne in G major, HWV 435

Johannes Brahms

Variations on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 35, Book I & II

Sergei Rachmaninoff

Études-Tableaux, op. 33
     I. Allegro non troppo
     II. Allegro
     III. Grave
     IV. Moderato
     V. Non allegro – Presto
     VI. Allegro con fuoco
     VII. Moderato
     VIII. Grave

Mily Balakirev

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

3rd round

Sergei Prokofiev
Piano Concerto No. 3 in C major, Op. 26
     I. Andante – Allegro
     II. Tema con variazioni
     III. Allegro, ma non troppo

Prizes received

  • 1st prize and four special prizes, International Piano Competition Prize Jaén, Jaén, Spain, 2025
  • 1st Prize, Khachaturian International Youth Competition, Beijing, China, 2024
  • 5th prize and two special prizes, Classic Piano International Competition, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, 2024
  • Grand Prix, XIX. International Piano Competition of the Moscow Central Music School, Moscow, Russia, 2023