Ryan Wang is currently on a music scholarship at Eton College. He won the competition with his performance of Rachmaninov’s Second Piano Concerto, accompanied by the BBC National Orchestra of Wales conducted by Ben Gernon.
Having started playing the piano at the age of four, Wang gave his first solo recital at Carnegie Hall only a year later. He gained his Artist Diploma at the École Normale de Musique de Paris in France in May 2024, and was the youngest ever to win the Prix Cortot. He participated in the Fondation Louis Vuitton’s New Generation Piano series 2022-23, and received First Prize and the Audience Award in the 18th Animato International Chopin Competition in February 2024.
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