Performances + Events
Institute for Concert Artists Recital: Zitong Wang, Piano
Jordan Hall
Performers in this highly selective two-year program pursue the Conservatory’s prestigious Artist Diploma through recital and showcase concerts and with the support of a full-tuition scholarship and stipend, dedicated mentorship, and comprehensive career-development guidance.
Zitong Wang ’24 MM, ’26 GD, ’28 AD, studies Piano with Dang Thai Son.
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Artist(s)
Zitong Wang has captivated audiences with her authenticity, bravura, and sensitivity, most notably at the 19th Fryderyk Chopin International Piano Competition (2025), where she was awarded the Bronze Medal and the Krystian Zimerman Award for the Best Performance of a Sonata.
She has appeared at such major venues as the Berlin Philharmonie, Warsaw Philharmonic, Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre, Seoul Arts Center, and the National Centre for the Performing Arts in Beijing. As a concerto soloist, she has performed with such leading orchestras as the Philadelphia Orchestra, Cleveland Orchestra, Warsaw Philharmonic, and New Jersey Symphony.
An active chamber musician, Wang has performed with such artists as David Shifrin and Roberto Díaz and was selected as a Protégé Project Artist at Chamber Music Northwest. She is currently pursuing her graduate studies with Dang Thai Son at New England Conservatory, after studies at the Curtis Institute of Music with Meng-Chieh Liu and the late Eleanor Sokoloff, and at the Central Conservatory of Music.
Chopin: Nocturne in B Major, op. 9 no. 3
Schumann: Davidsbündlertänze, op. 6
intermission
Chopin: Four Impromptus
No. 1 in A-flat Major, op. 29
No. 2 in F-sharp Major, op. 36
No. 3 in G-flat major, op. 51
No. 4 in C-sharp Minor, op. 66
Liszt-Busoni: Fantasia on Themes from Mozart's "The Marriage of Figaro"
