Background
Prizes
Yinfei Wang began piano studies at the age of four. He received his Bachelor’s degree from the Shanghai Conservatory of Music as a student of Christopher Zhong and Yan Xin Chen, his Master’s degree and Professional Studies Certificate from the Manhattan School of Music as a scholarship student of Phillip Kawin. He is currently in the Doctoral Program at the Manhattan School of Music.
He made his first public appearance at the age of seven in the Shanghai Concert Hall. Since then, he has appeared in solo recitals and chamber music concerts throughout China, Singapore, Spain and the USA. He has performed in the Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, Terrace Theater at the Kennedy Center, and concert halls in Alaska, Anhui, Boston, Hangzhou, Santander, Shanghai and Tempe. In 2009, he made his orchestral debut as soloist with the Hudson
Valley Philharmonic under the baton of Vladimir Feltsman.
2016 Competition Repertoire
Preliminary Round
Round 1: 20-Minute Recital
Round 1: 20-Minute Recital
- Maestoso – Allegro con brio ed appassionato
- Arietta: Adagio molto semplice e cantabile
Semi Final Round
Round 1: 65-Minute Recital
- Allegro maestoso
- Scherzo: Molto vivace
- Largo
- Finale: Presto non tanto; Agitato
- Ondine
- Le Gibet
- Scarbo
- Andante
- Prestissimo volando
Round 2: Accompaniment/Chamber Music
- Allegro
- Adagio
- Un poco presto e con sentimento
- Presto agitato
- Allegro, ma non tanto
- Dumka: Andante con moto
- Scherzo (Furiant): molto vivace
- Finale: Allegro
Final Round
Round 1: 18th Century Concerto
- Allegro
- Adagio
- Allegro assai
Round 2: 19th or 20th Century Concerto
- Maestoso
- Larghetto
- Allegro vivace