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Jian Wang (Chinese: 王健; pinyin: Wáng Jiàn; born 1968) is a Chinese cellist. A soloist, chamber musician, recording artist and teacher, he was the first Chinese musician to ever sign an exclusive contract with Deutsche Grammophon.
Destined to be a concert cellist, Jian Wang’s fate was sealed in 1979, as a ten year old prodigy featured in Isaac Stern‘s award-winning documentary “From Mao to Mozart”. He instantly mesmerized the world with his strikingly forlorn rendition of the Eccles Cello Sonata.
Jian Wang now serves as the International Chair of the Cello for the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire. He also serves as a member of Artistic committee for the Shanghai Symphony and Hangzhou Philharmonic. Since 2022, Jian Wang is a cello professor at the Shanghai Conservatory.
Feb 10, 2020 · Internationally renowned cellist Jian Wang became a Si-Yo Master Artist™ in 2018, but his relationship with two of the Foundation’s co-founders, Sau-Wing Lam and Jean Lam, goes many years back: The 1622 A & H Amati cello he plays was loaned to him by the family of the late Mr. Lam.
Jian Wang’s recent and future highlights include concerts with the Philharmonia, Netherlands Radio Philharmonic, Chicago Symphony, NHK Symphony, Hong Kong Philharmonic, Singapore and Melbourne Symphony Orchestras.
When the Central Philharmonic Orchestra of China made its first U.S. tour, it was Jian Wang who was chosen to be soloist, performing the Elgar Concerto at the Kennedy Center, and in major cities across the nation.
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Sep 21, 2023 · Wang, now 55, has gone on to became an internationally recognized soloist who has performed with many of the world’s top orchestras, including the London Symphony, Orchestre de Paris and Cleveland Orchestra.
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