Background
Prizes
Larry Weng graduated from a joint degree program between Columbia University and The Juilliard School with a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and a Master of Music in Piano Performance under Professors Jerome Lowenthal and Matti Raekallio in 2009. He continued his studies with Professor Boris Berman at the Yale School of Music, where he has completed the residential portion of their doctoral degree program and was awarded a Master of Musical Arts in May 2014.
Larry has given concerts in France, Switzerland, the Netherlands, China, Japan, Brazil, and Venezuela, and has performed in Boston’s Symphony Hall, New England Conservatory’s Jordan Hall, Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, Merkin Concert Hall, Salle Cortot and the Sala São Paolo. He has appeared as soloist with the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra, New England Philharmonic and Boston Symphony Orchestra.
As a chamber musician he has worked with such names as Claude and Pamela César Franck, Gabor Takacs, David Shifrin and David Soyer amongst others.
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2016 Competition Repertoire
Preliminary Round
Round 1: 20-Minute Recital
Round 2: 30-Minute Recital
- III. Gentle
- IV.
- V. Threnody
- Vivace ma non troppo. Adagio espressivo
- Prestissimo
- Gesangvoll, mit innigster Empfindung. Andante molto cantabile ed espressivo
Semi Final Round
Round 1: 65-Minute Recital
- Allegro
- Andantino
- Scherzo. Allegro vivace
- Rondo. Allegretto
- Allegro inquieto
- Andante caloroso
- Precipitato
Round 2: Accompaniment/Chamber Music
- Allegretto ben moderato
- Allegro
- Ben moderato: Recitative-Fantasia
- Allegretto poco mosso
- Allegro brillante
- In modo d’una marcia. Un poco largarmente
- Scherzo: Molto vivace
- Allegro ma non troppo
Final Round
Round 1: 18th Century Concerto
- Allegro maestoso
- Andante
- Allegro vivace assai
Round 2: 19th or 20th Century Concerto
- Allegro non troppo
- Allegro appassionato
- Andante
- Allegretto grazioso