JianWang

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  • Cello
© Xu Bin
© Xu Bin

About Jian

Jian Wang has performed with many of the world’s leading orchestras, including in recent and upcoming seasons the Chicago Symphony, Hong Kong Philharmonic, National Taiwan Symphony and Orchestre National de Lyon. He frequently appears in Korea with Maestro Chung as both conductor and chamber musician. In China, Jian has performed with many prestigious ensembles such as the China Philharmonic, China National and Hangzhou Symphony Orchestras. He was the first Artist in Residence for both the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra and the National Center for Performing Arts in Beijing.

He has an extensive discography with DGG, including the Brahms Double Concerto with the Berliner Philharmoniker, Claudio Abbado and Gil Shaham and chamber music with Maria João Pires and Augustin Dumay. A recording of Strauss Don Quixote with the Orchestre National de Lyon and Nikolaj Snep-Znaider was released in 2024. His most recent disc is the complete Bach Cello Suites (inaugural release of DG China), twenty years after his first recording of these works on DG.

Jian is a Professor at the Shanghai Conservatory. His instrument is graciously loaned to him by the family of the late Sau-Wing Lam.

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Contact

For availability and general enquiries:

Alison Nethsingha

Alison Nethsingha

Senior Artist Manager

For contracts, logistics and press:

Hannah Reid Dick

Hannah Reid Dick

Assistant Artist Manager

Representation

General management with Askonas Holt

Partner manager:
Japan: Aspen Incorporated

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Selected Repertoire

Bloch

Schelomo

Chen Qigang

Cello Concerto ‘Reflet d’un temps disparu’

Dvorak

Concerto for cello and orchestra

Elgar

Concerto for cello and orchestra

Haydn

Concerto in D major

Haydn

Concerto in C major

Lalo

Concerto for cello and orchestra

Prokofiev

Sinfonia Concertante

Saint-Saens

Concerto for cello and orchestra No. 1 in A minor

Shostakovich

Cello Concerto No. 1 in E flat major, Op. 107

Strauss

Don Quixote

Tan Dun

Crouching Tiger Concerto

Tchaikovsky

Variations on a Rococo theme

Zhou Tian

Cello Concerto (“Flowing Sleeves”) (2018)

News

Press

  • Ernest Bloch's Schelomo with Chicago Smphony Orchestra

    Chicago
    Oct 2023
    • Schelomo may not be a timeless masterpiece but Wang’s intelligent, deeply expressive performance Thursday night nearly convinced one that it is. In his belated CSO debut, the cellist brought intense expression and an apt febrile quality to Solomon’s dark ruminations, with the slight trace of rawness feeling wholly idiomatic. Wang showed easy fluency in the fast passagework and his impassioned yet nuanced phrasing and hairpin dynamics were put entirely at the service of the score. Wang rendered the final solo meditation in a hushed inward quality that brought a rich eloquence to Bloch’s music.

  • Saint-Saëns' Cello Concerto, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra

    Hamer Hall
    Aug 2019
    • Wang’s Saint-Saëns… is luminous and translucent. Wang’s interpretation was lyrical, ebbing and flowing with the concerto’s rises and falls. He has impeccable technique and a rich tone... ★★★★

  • Zhou Tian Cello Concerto 'Flowing Sleeves'

    Esplanade Concert Hall
    Aug 2019
    • Wang is a compelling advocate of the work and his performance shone with an almost mystical intensity