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Wang Jingjing ; born 1981 in
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is a pianist born and raised in
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Biography

Wang Jingjing started piano at age 10, and began to make a career of it at age 17. A Piano Performance graduate of the
Shanghai Conservatory of Music The Shanghai Conservatory of Music (SHCMusic) is a municipal public college in Shanghai, China. It is affiliated with the City of Shanghai and is part of the Double First-Class Construction. The college was founded on November 27, 1927. The Sh ...
, Wang Jingjing made his concert debut at the age of 18, performing Rachmaninoff's Second Piano Concerto with China Hebei Orchestra in the
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. Since his debut, he has given numerous recitals in the United States, France, Spain, Russia, Italy, the Netherlands, Panama and the
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El Dia newspaper, June 30, 2006
/ref> as well as his native country. He has collaborated as soloist with France's L'Orchestre Symphonique du Limousin, the China Movie Philharmonic, and the Shanghai Opera Symphony Orchestra. He has performed at the Concert Hall of Tchaikovsky Conservatory in Moscow, Town Hall in New York City, the Teatro Nacional in Panama City, among others. During July 2006, Wang performed in the XV Festival Internacional de Piano held on the Canary Islands. One month later, he won 3rd prize at the 2nd Panama International Piano Competition. In summer of 2007, as a scholarships receiver in both Mannes International Keyboard Festival and the Music Day Festival in the Netherlands, he attended master classes and given concerts around the Netherlands and the United States. In March 2008, he was a winner of prestigious Artists International Audition in New York City. In October and November, respectively, Wang won First Prize at the Panama International Piano Competition and Second Prize at the Poulenc International Piano Competition. In March, 2009, he won First Prize the Kankakee Piano Competition and subsequently performed
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with the Kankakee Valley Symphony Orchestra near
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. In April 2009, Wang won Third Prize at the 51st annual Concurso Internacional
Premio Jaén The Premio Jaén (Jaén Prize) is the longest-running piano competition in Spain. It was established in 1958 and is held in the Andalusian city Jaén. The Competition has been a member of the World Federation of International Music Competitions Th ...
, an internationally respected and longest-running piano competition in Spain. In July, 2009, Wang was 3rd Prize winner in the 15th Ricard Viñes Piano Competition. As of 2012, it is evident from the winner lists that Wang is the only Chinese National to have accumulated top prizes at all of these competitions. In February, 2010, Wang played his South American debut in Bogota, Colombia. This followed a January performance with the National Symphony Orchestra of Panama. In April, 2010, Wang won the University of Illinois Concerto Competition, winning a concerto debut concert in the Krannert Center. The International Music Foundation welcomed Mr. Wang's debut performance at the Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts held in the
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in December, 2012. In addition to his degree from the Shanghai Conservatory, Wang received a master's degree in Piano Performance at the
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in 2007, studying under Dr.
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.Dr. Solomon Mikowsky's Official Site, List of Prize-winning Students
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Official Jingjing Wang Website






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Premio Jaen official site

Kankakee Daily Journal


Mention for 2008 Panama in Mexican newspaper {{DEFAULTSORT:Wang, Jingjing 1981 births Living people People from Hefei Musicians from Anhui 21st-century Chinese classical pianists