See Siang Wong

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Name = Wong, See Siang


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See Siang Wong (Chinese: 黃旭洋 pinyin: huáng xù yáng, born May 7, 1979 in Arnhem, Netherlands) is a Dutch/Chinese pianist. He currently lives in Switzerland.

Biography

See Siang Wong studied in Holland with Marjès Benoist and in Switzerland with the pianists Homero Francesch and Bruno Canino. He made his debut at the mere age of twelve, accompanied by the Dutch Radio Orchestra.

See Siang Wong has given concerts in more than 20 countries throughout Europe, Asia and South-America. He has performed with conductors like Pierre Boulez (Webern “Konzert”, Berio “O King”, Boulez “Dérive I” at the Lucerne Festival), Ralf Weikert (Mozart piano concerto No. 23 KV 488), Howard Griffiths (Mozart piano concerto No. 12 KV 414) and Gunhard Mattes (Beethoven piano concerto No. 3 op. 37). He has appeared at famous concert halls in Amsterdam (Concertgebouw), London (St. Martin-in-the-Fields), Zurich (Tonhalle), Lucerne (KKL), Paris (Salle Olivier Messiaen), Budapest (Marble Hall), Prague (Vila Bertramka), St. Petersburg (Philharmonic Hall) and Bogotá (Luis Ángel Arango). He is regularly invited to perform at international festivals.

Next to his classical repertoire (emphasis on Mozart, Chopin, Schumann and Debussy) See Siang Wong has a broad repertoire in contemporary music. He has often performed piano works of contemporary composers like Arnold Schönberg, Luciano Berio, György Ligeti, György Kurtág, Wolfgang Rihm, Peter Eötvös, Emmanuel Nunes, Marco Stroppa, James Dillon, Jonathan Harvey. He also promotes Swiss composers like Rudolf Kelterborn, Felix Baumann, Thomas David Müller, Madeleine Ruggli or composers of a younger generation like Patrick Nathan Frank or Thomas Läubli.

On the DECCA Label (Universal Music Group) See Siang Wong has released two solo CDs (Frédéric Chopin: Waltzes and Nocturnes, Claude Debussy: Early piano works). The Chopin Disc was honoured by the Swiss Radio Magazin with the "Classic Highlight" Prize. In 2007 he recorded the piano concerto "Oiseaux Exotiques" of Olivier Messiaen for the ZHDK-Records Label and piano works of Emmanuel Nunes and Rudolf Kelterborn for Guild Records. In 2008 a new CD with Mozart piano sonatas has been released by DECCA, as well as an album with Mozart/Beethoven piano concertos accompanied by the International New Symphony Orchestra (available on Novalis Records). Other recordings has been published by Deutsche Grammophon and several "independent" Labels.

See Siang Wong teaches at the Zurich University of the Arts since 2002. He gives Masterclasses in Switzerland and abroad. He is an exclusive Steinway & Sons-Artist.

Discography

*WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART Piano Concerto No. 21 in C Major, K467 / LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 3 in C Minor, op. 37 NOVALIS 150 191-2
*WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART PIANO SONATAS K283, K330, K331, K570 DECCA 476 6756
*OLIVIER MESSIAEN Oiseaux Exotiques ZHDK-Records-01/08
*EMMANUEL NUNES Litanies du feu et de la mer I & II RUDOLF KELTERBORN Klavierstücke 1-6 GUILD GMCD 7318
*CLAUDE DEBUSSY EARLY PIANO WORKS Arabesques, Rêverie, Ballade, Suite Bergamasque, Pour le Piano, Mazurka, Valse Romantique, Estampes DECCA 476 312-2
*FRÉDÉRIC CHOPIN WALTZES & NOCTURNES Grande Valse brillante, Waltz op.34, op. posth. 64 Nr.1 & 2, op. posth. 69 Nr. 1 & 2, op. posth. 70 Nr. 2, Nocturne op.9, op.15, op.37, op.55, op. posth. DECCA 476 307-5
*THE RADIO SWISS CLASSIC COLLECTION VOL. 5 Chopin Nocturnes op.9 Deutsche Grammophon 480 043-0
*THE INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF ARTS ST. PETERSBURG Piano music of Louis Durey, Arthur Honegger, Francis Poulenc, Germaine Tailleferre FOA-CD1
*THE RADIO SWISS CLASSIC COLLECTION VOL. 4 Debussy Valse Romantique Deutsche Grammophon 442 881-6
*KLASSIEKE MUZIEK Piano music of Joseph Haydn SMA 97-01
*SOLO VOOR EEN KIND Mozart: Piano concerto No. 8, KV 248 ROSE RECORDS RCD F24
*JAZZ MEETS IMPRESSIONISM Works for flute and piano by Astor Piazzolla, George Gershwin, Claude Debussy, Luiz Bonfa, Carl Nielsen, Mike Mower Duo Oblivion 001
*GIOACCHINO ROSSINI PETITE MESSE SOLONELLE Liverpool Records DMR 638-1
*DER WEIHNACHTSABEND (Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens) Graham F. Valentine, Sprechtheater (2003)
*NELLO SANTI Piano Works of Hans von Bülow Kranich Verlag, Zürich ISBN 3-909194-6-0

External links

Official website of See Siang Wong: http://www.seesiangwong.com