Bechstein Young Professionals is perhaps the most unique concert series in the city - and that may mean something in Berlin, but we don't promise too much: because at the concert series in the private concert hall for up to 70 listeners at the C. Bechstein Centrum in LIVING BERLIN (1st floor), international young pianists play a concert for you free of charge.
February 13, 2025, 7:30 pm: Chong Wang
On Thursday, February 13, 2025 at 7:30 pm, the young pianist Chong Wang will present works by Chopin, Ginastera and Scarlatti at the C. Bechstein Centrum Berlin.
Wang Chong, born in 1999 in Qingdao, Shandong, began playing the piano at the age of five. In 2016, she began her studies at the Hanover University of Music, Drama and Media, where she first completed her Bachelor's and Master's degrees in the class of Professor Bernd Goetzke and then passed her concert exam. In 2023, she continued her studies at the University of the Arts with Professor Markus Groh.
In addition to her studies, she is pursuing her artistic career and has won numerous national and international competitions, including prizes at the San Sebastián International Piano Competition (Spain 2017), the Merci Maestro International Piano Competition (Belgium 2017), the EPTA Competition (Belgium 2018), the Arthur Rubinstein in Memoriam International Piano Competition (Poland 2018) and the Turnbridge Wells International Piano Competition (United Kingdom 2024). Wang Chong has worked with renowned orchestras including the China Philharmonic Orchestra, the Beijing International Symphony Orchestra, the Guangzhou Symphony Orchestra, the Bydgoscz Philharmonic Orchestra and the Toruń Symphony Orchestra in Poland. Her artistic activities have been mentioned in leading media, including the "Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung" from Germany and the "Guangzhou Daily" from China.
Program:
1 Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757):
Sonata in D minor K 9
Sonata in D minor K 141
2 Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849):
24 Préludes op. 28
3. Alberto Ginastera (1916-1983):
Piano Sonata No. 1 op. 22
Photo: © Fotostudio Tong, Beijing.
Registration under: s.roszak@bechstein.de
Limited seating capacity: 70 people.
Free admission.
