Larry Weng,
Pianist
A
laureate of the 2016 Queen Elisabeth International Piano
Competition, Larry Weng has been described in The New York Times
as playing with “steely power and incisive rhythm.” Of his 2014
New York debut at Weill Hall, the New York Concert Review
described him as “an extremely sensitive musician and mature
interpreter,” and “mature beyond his years.” Of his Alborado del
Gracioso, Harry Rolnick of ConcertoNet exclaimed, “Radiant and
transparent, picturesque and picaresque, wild but with the
artistic perfection of wildness.” Mr. Weng is also a laureate of
the Boston Symphony Orchestra’s Concerto Competition, the
Tchaikovsky International Piano Competition for Young Musicians,
The New York International Piano Competition, the Kosciuzsko
Foundation Chopin Competition, and the Wideman International
Piano Competition.
Mr. Weng has been featured in concert in France, Switzerland,
Belgium, the Netherlands, China, Japan, Brazil, and Venezuela,
and has performed in many of the world’s renowned concert halls,
including Boston’s Symphony Hall, New England Conservatory’s
Jordan Hall, Weill Recital Hall, Merkin Hall, SubCulture, the
Salle Cortot, and the Sala Sao Paolo. He has appeared as soloist
with the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra, the New England
Philharmonic, the Boston Symphony Orchestra, and the Orchestra
Nationale de Belgique under the baton of Marin Alsop. Last
season, he made his Stern Auditorium debut playing Beethoven’s
Choral Fantasy with Mark Shapiro leading the Cecilia Choir and
Orchestra. His performances have also been broadcast on WQXR’s
“McGraw Hill Financial Young Artists Showcase” in New York City.
His recent engagements include a performance of Mozart concerto
K. 453 with members of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra in White
Plains, and solo recitals in Shreveport, Washington DC, and New
York City.
An avid chamber musician and collaborator, Mr. Weng has
participated in the Ravinia Steans Institute and the Verbier
Academy, and has worked with renowned musicians such as Claude
and Pamela Frank, Gabor Takacs, David Shifrin, David Soyer,
amongst others. He is a frequent collaborator at the Lisker
Music Foundation concert series in Chicago, as well as the
Downtown Music at Grace in White Plains. As of the 2017 season,
Mr. Weng is a full-time of the Icarus Quartet.
In 2009, Mr. Weng graduated from the highly selective joint
degree program between Columbia University and The Juilliard
School with a BA in Economics and an MM in Piano Performance
under the tutelage of Professors Jerome Lowenthal and Matti
Raekallio. He continued his studies with Professor Boris Berman
at the Yale School of Music, where he has completed the
residential portion of their doctoral degree program and was
awarded a Master of Musical Arts degree in May 2014. Mr. Weng
explored the topics of timelessness and memory in Schubert’s
late works, which hold a special place in his repertoire and
musical interests.
During his time at Yale, Mr. Weng served as an instructor in
undergraduate piano and secondary piano. He is currently on
faculty at the Turtle Bay School of Music, and maintains a
private studio in Manhattan, where he resides.
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