Orchestral Excerpts Master Class

The newly appointed concertmaster of the Hong Kong Philharmonic, Jing Wang will give a masterclass to three promising young violinists from the music department of a collaborating Taiwan university and work closely with them on their own choice of repertoire.

Speaker: Jing Wang (Hong Kong Phliharmonic’s Concertmaster)
Format: Four students will be playing in the 11 Nov masterclass and get direct comments from Jing Wang.

Orchestral excerpts:

R. Strauss	Don Juan, op. 20 (Violin I mm.1~36)
Schumann	Symphony no. 2, op. 61, 2nd movement (violin I  mm.1~48)
Mozart	Symphony no. 39, KV543, 4th movement (violin I  mm.1~41)
Mendelssohn	A Midsummer Night’s Dream, op. 61, no. 1 (violin I  mm.1~99)
Beethoven	Symphony no. 7  (violin I mm.84-117 & mm.181-219)

Jing Wang Born in Guilin, China, Jing Wang began playing violin at the age of three; he made his first public appearance three years later in Marseille, France and his concerto debut aged nine with the Quebec Symphony Orchestra, Canada. Subsequent engagements have taken him across North America and Europe and include concerto appearances with the Czech Radio Philharmonic, Moscow State Symphony, Montreal Symphony and Metropolitan Orchestra of Montreal. Jing Wang has given solo recitals and chamber music performances at prestigious venues including the National Arts Center in Ottawa and throughout Canada where his performances are frequently broadcast on CBC Radio-Canada.

Jing Wang has been the recipient of numerous competition prizes including the Irving M. Klein International Competition (First Prize – 2007), Concertino Praga (First Prize – 2000), Montreal Symphony Competition (First Prize – 1998) and the Canadian Music Competition (First Prize – 1997). In addition he was awarded the "Young Soloist of the Year" (2003) by Les Radios Francophones Publiques, a broadcast network of four countries including France, Canada, Switzerland and Belgium. This award sponsored the release of his first CD album including works by Beethoven, Ravel and Gershwin.。

Resident in Dallas from the 2010/11 concert season Jing Wang held the position of Concertmaster for the Dallas Opera for three years. Active on the Dallas music scene he co-founded Ensemble75 – a chamber music series featuring young Texas Artists at the Steinway Hall, Dallas. Other commitments included Concertmaster for the Dallas Chamber Symphony, Guest Concertmaster for the Kansas City and the San Antonio Symphony Orchestras as well as Fort Worth Opera and regular invitations to play with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra.

Jing Wang studied at the Juilliard School as a Joseph Fuchs Scholar and completed post-graduate studies at the Shepherd School of Music (Rice University). He studied violin and chamber music as well as participating in masterclasses held by Zakar Bron, Zvi Zeitlin and Pinchas Zukerman. Jing Wang took up the position of Concertmaster with the HK Phil in September 2013 at the invitation of Maestro Jaap van Zweden. He plays a 1700 violin by Giovanni Tononi on loan from the Canada Council of Arts Rare Strings International Collection.

Woodwind Masterclass

Conducted by four woodwind principal players of the Hong Kong Philharmonic, the woodwind masterclass will see talented young woodwind players from a collaborating Taiwan university honing their musicianship and performing skills under the guidance of professional musicians.


Megan Sterling (Flute)
Michael Wilson (Oboe)
Andrew Simon (Clarinet)
Benjamin Moermond (Bassoon)