Summer Celebration Concert

Summer Celebration Concert
Guest Artists
Date and time
09 Aug 2024 2pm - 3.20pm
Location

The Bradshaw Hall, Royal Birmingham Conservatoire

Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, 200 Jennens Road, B4 7XR

Price

Free - booking required

Booking Information

Wheelchair users are entitled to concessionary priced tickets with a complimentary companion seat.

Assistance dogs are welcome at Royal Birmingham Conservatoire venues. If you wish to bring an assistance dog or wheelchair, please let the Events Office know by calling 0121 331 5909.

Montage of musicians, Yinbo Wang, Chun Wang and Kechun Wang

Birmingham International Music Academy Summer Celebration Concert

Yinbo Wang violin
Chun Wang piano
Kechun Wang piano

Chopin Waltz in C sharp minor, Op.64, No.2
Chopin Polonaise in A flat major, Op.53 "Heroic"
Ravel Sonatine, M.40
Rachmaninoff Études-Tableaux, Op.33, No.5 in D minor - Moderato
Prokofiev Romeo and Juliet, Op.75 - No.4 Young Juliet & No.8 Mercutio
Ma Sicong Nostalgia
Weiniawski Faust Fantasy
Prokofiev Violin Concerto No.2 in G minor Mvt.1
Bao Yuankai Jasmine Flower
Brahms The Hungarian Dance No.1 in G minor
Shostakovich Second Jazz Waltz

Professor Wang of Beijing Central Conservatory and his exceptional children give a summer celebration concert.

Chun Wang, a concert pianist and professor of piano at the Central Conservatory of Music (CCOM) in Beijing, is a Steinway Artist. He received his masters degree from the CCOM, and Professional Studies Certificate from Manhattan School of Music in NYC.

Mr. Wang has given solo, chamber and orchestral performances all over the USA, Hong Kong and China to great acclaim. In 2009, renowned music critic and pianist, David Dubal highly praised Mr. Wang’s performance and invited him to perform three times at the Juilliard School, which won him wide popularity.

Mr. Wang has won a number of awards in various piano competitions. His two solo albums were released by the China Record Corporation in 2010 and 2014.

His DVD recordings of the complete JS Bach Two Inventions and Three Inventions were released in 2000.

Wang Kechun was born into an artistic family. She is currently studying at the high school attached to the Central Conservatory of Music. In July 2021, she won the Melbourne International Piano Competition and second prize in the Canada Joy of Music International Piano Invitational Competition in 2022. In July 2024 she won top prize in I Music International Piano Competition in Incheon, South Korea. She was also awarded first prize in the Chinese finals of the Singapore International Piano Competition and the third prize in the global finals.

Yinbo Wang who was born in 2007, is a violinist who, from a very young age, has been recognised and praised for his virtuosity and poetic artistry. As a soloist, Yinbo made his debut with the Sichuan Philharmonic in 2015 performing the Vivaldi Violin Concerto. Since then, he has appeared on renowned stages, including the National Centre for the Performing Arts, Forbidden City Concert Hall, National Library Arts Center and Renmin University of China Concert Hall.

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