Liya Wang
- Piano
Liya Wang is a 23-year-old pianist and organist who began playing the piano at the age of four. She is currently studying with Manchun Chen at the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing, where she also receives organ and harpsichord lessons from Fanxiu Shen. Wang has participated in numerous internationally renowned competitions, including the 18th and 19th Chopin International Piano Competition in Warsaw, the 65th Ferruccio Busoni International Piano Competition in Bolzano, the 13th Dublin International Piano Competition, and the 71st ARD International Music Competition in Munich, where she reached the top 12.
Her awards include third prize at the fourth Hanoi International Piano Competition, second prize at the PRM International Piano Competition, and first prize at the 9th BOYA International Piano Competition. In 2018, Wang was also awarded the Yamaha Asian Music Scholarship. Wang has performed with distinguished orchestras such as the China Youth Symphony Orchestra, the International Union Symphony Orchestra in Taipei, and the National Symphony Orchestra of Vietnam, collaborating with conductors and artists including Dong Quang Vinh, Yue Li, Hao Shen, and Kurt Sassmannshaus. She has made guest appearances at major venues such as the National Center for the Performing Arts in Beijing and Carnegie Hall in New York.
Liya Wang was honored with the first prize at the 74th ARD International Music Competition in 2025.
repertoire
1st ROund
- Domenico Scarlatti, Sonate K.427/L.286
- Johann Sebastian Bach, Das Wohltemperierte Klavier II: Präludium und Fuge Nr. 6 BWV 875
- Frédéric Chopin, Etüde op. 10 Nr. 8
- Marc-André Hamelin, Pavane Variée für Klavier solo
2nd Round
- Maurice Ravel, Le Tombeau de Couperin, daraus: Prélude, Fugue, Rigaudon und Toccata
- Ludwig van Beethoven, Sonate Op. 109 Nr. 30
- Franz Liszt, Ballade Nr. 2
Semifinals
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Konzert für Klavier und Orchester KV 414
- Enno Poppe, Zaun für Klavier solo
Finals
- Camille Saint-Saëns, Konzert Nr. 2 g-Moll, op. 22
