JianWang
- Cello


About Jian
Jian Wang’s recent and future highlights include concerts with the Philharmonia, Netherlands Radio Philharmonic, Chicago Symphony, NHK Symphony, Hong Kong Philharmonic, Singapore and Melbourne Symphony Orchestras. These concerts have been with many of the greatest conductors, such as Myung-Whun Chung, Dausgaard, Dudamel, Elder, Eschenbach, Gilbert, Daniel Harding, Neeme Järvi, Louis Langrée, van Zweden, Mark Wigglesworth and Szeps-Znaider.
Amongst his many high-profile concerts in China, he has opened the season for the China Philharmonic, Shanghai Symphony and Macau Symphony orchestras as well as performing with the China National Orchestra and Hangzhou Symphony. Jian was the first ever Artist-in-Residence for both the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra and the National Center for Performing Arts in Beijing; the latter included his performance of the complete Bach Cello Suites.
He has an extensive discography with DGG, including the Bach Cello Suites and the Brahms Double Concerto with the Berliner Philharmoniker, Claudio Abbado and Gil Shaham and chamber music with Maria João Pires and Augustin Dumay.
Jian is a Professor at the Shanghai Conservatory. His instrument is graciously loaned to him by the family of the late Mr. Sau-Wing Lam.
Contact
For availability and general enquiries:

Alison Nethsingha
For contracts, logistics and press:

Holly Cartwright
Representation
General management with Askonas Holt
Partner manager:
Japan: Aspen Incorporated
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Video
- Playing
Jian Wang Dvorak Cello Concerto Live Paris 2012 Complete Version
Credit: Orchestre National de Radio France
Jian Wang Elgar Cello Concerto Complete Version
Jian Wang playing the Elgar cello concerto with BBC Symphony and Jiri Belohlavec. Encore Dvorak Silent woods and Bach 1st Prelude live concert Beijing 2006 Credit: BBC Symphony
Audio
- Jian Wang - Qigang Chen Cello Concerto ‘Reflet d’un temps disparu’
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)
Press
Ernest Bloch's Schelomo with Chicago Smphony Orchestra
ChicagoOct 2023Schelomo 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.
- Chicago Classical Review
- 27 October 2023
Saint-Saëns' Cello Concerto, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
Hamer HallAug 2019Wang’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... ★★★★
- Limelight Magazine
- 25 August 2019
Zhou Tian Cello Concerto 'Flowing Sleeves'
Esplanade Concert HallAug 2019Wang is a compelling advocate of the work and his performance shone with an almost mystical intensity
- The Straits Times
- 17 August 2019