31 January 2012
Last week’s Chinese New Year concert was the first time in 15 years that Principal Oboe Liang Wang celebrated the holiday with his parents, who still live in China. Read more about this special reunion in Jane Levere’s Forbes magazine article.
This just in: Hong Kong-based broadcaster Phoenix TV will air the concert in its entirety in a program titled “Happy Chinese New Year” Concert with the New York Philharmonic on Saturday, February 4, at 4:05 p.m.
24 January 2012
Can’t attend tonight’s Chinese New Year celebration with Lang Lang at the Philharmonic? You’re in luck: WQXR 105.9 FM and WQXR.org will broadcast the concert LIVE! In addition to Lang Lang performing Liszt’s Piano Concerto No. 1, the concert will feature Philharmonic Principal Oboe Liang Wang performing Chen Qigang’s Extase for oboe and orchestra, bamboo flutist Junqiao Tang, and the Quintessenso Mongolian Children’s Choir — in its first ever appearance outside of China — performing in traditional Mongolian dress.
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4 January 2012
We’ve already welcomed the arrival of 2012 in style. Now it’s time to celebrate Chinese New Year on January 24 with pianist Lang Lang, Philharmonic Principal Oboe Liang Wang, Tang Jun Qiao, and the Quintessenso Children’s Choir, conducted by Long Yu — a night of festivities sure to make this an auspicious start to the Year of the Dragon.
18 August 2011
Reed all about it!
In this video from the New York Philharmonic, Principal Oboe Liang Wang talks about his personal history with the oboe — which began with an entrancing solo from Sleeping Beauty, performed by his uncle — and the road that led him to the New York Philharmonic. You can find more “Fun Facts” on nyphil.org, as well as information on upcoming performances featuring Liang Wang.
15 October 2010
“ I try to remind myself how I felt the first day I joined an orchestra. I want to be the new guy for the rest of my career. ”
— Liang Wang, Principal Oboe of the New York Philharmonic on keeping it fresh.
You can hear Liang’s artistry in Avery Fisher Hall during Brahms’s Violin Concerto on October 16 and 19, and as the soloist in the Christopher Rouse Oboe Concerto on December 28–29, and 30.
The fourth movement of Shostakovich’s fifth, played by the New York Philharmonic under Leonard Bernstein.
Bernstein was such a genius.
Stravinsky - The Rite of Spring - Second Part: The Exalted Sacrifice
Performed by the New York Philharmonic lead by Igor Stravinsky
Alan Gilbert, Music Director of the New York Philharmonic
