Hong (Henry) Wang (汪洪), Multi-instrumentalist
Hong Wang is most actively an international toured multi-instrumentalist. He graduated from Nanjing Normal University's Music Department where he mainly studied the erhu (two string bowed instrument), oboe and composition. After graduated, he taught songwriting and oboe at the music department for about five years. Later, he changed his career to music editor at Jiangsu Province Institute of Arts. He studied for eight years on traditional songs and folk music.
Hong Wang has been living in the United States for more than twenty years. As a dynamic performer, he has performed with Meredith Monk for her opera “Atlas,” with Tan Dun for his “2000 Today” world premiere in Shanghai with Shanghai Broadcasting Orchestra, at the “WaldbÜhane in Berlin 2000” with the Berlin Philharmonic, and also with the San Francisco Symphony for the 2004, 2006, 2007, and 2008 New Year concerts and the “California Dreaming” Concert in 2007. He also played the Erhu & Violin Double Concerto with the Stanford Symphony, Albert Chang’s erhu concerto with Fremont Symphony. Recently, he played multi-instruments with the Opera Boston for Zhou Long’s World Premiere “Madame White Snake”. In May 2010, he performed Fantasy for the Erhu and Orchestra with Neubrandenburg Philharmonic and 2012 New Year Concert with Freiburg Philharmonic in Germany. He has also performed with jazz musicians Max Roach, David Murray and Anthony Brown’s Asian American Jazz Orchestra etc. in past years.
As a leading contemporary musician, he has produced many new music concerts in the San Francisco Bay Area, such as the “Thundering Across the Sky,” “A Musical Dialogue with Dancing Lions,” “New Music Concert” with the Citywinds, and “Three Sound” – An Experimental Music Series with computer music composer Carl Stone, sheng master Wei Wu, matouqin master Li Bo and bass clarinet/composer Gene Coleman who is the artistic director of Sound Field Festival. He just finished his tour with the new music group Het Collectibet (Belgium) and Ensemble Dragon (Germany) in Belgium.
He has performed at many international music festivals in the Netherlands, Germany, Japan, Belgium and the United States etc. As a “musical archaeologist” (L.A. Times), he visited many folk master musicians in Mainland China. Most notably, he visited Inner Mongolian twice and collected the most valued traditional songs and music from the grassland. He is also self-learning a legend instrument, the matouqin (morin khuur; a horse head cello), from Inner Mongolia.
As a composer, he has composed some pieces for the Chinese ensemble and contemporary mixed bands. He has also won awards for some of his compositions. His music is also published by China’s top music magazine - “Composition” and Taiwan Publish Houses. He has also recorded for many recording companies such as Sony Classical, Sega, TDK, Sound World and Water Baby Records. He is also a zhonghu soloist for the album “Monk’s Moods” which was nominated by Grammy’s Big band Award.
Currently, Mr. Wang is working with the Track Team for TV series of Kungfu Panda and Korra, he is based in Las Vegas, Nevada. As a freelance musician, he is working on different new music projects with symphonies and new productions. He never stops exploring traditional and contemporary music. He always believes “Tradition is the most useful source for creative music.”
Hong Wang has been living in the United States for more than twenty years. As a dynamic performer, he has performed with Meredith Monk for her opera “Atlas,” with Tan Dun for his “2000 Today” world premiere in Shanghai with Shanghai Broadcasting Orchestra, at the “WaldbÜhane in Berlin 2000” with the Berlin Philharmonic, and also with the San Francisco Symphony for the 2004, 2006, 2007, and 2008 New Year concerts and the “California Dreaming” Concert in 2007. He also played the Erhu & Violin Double Concerto with the Stanford Symphony, Albert Chang’s erhu concerto with Fremont Symphony. Recently, he played multi-instruments with the Opera Boston for Zhou Long’s World Premiere “Madame White Snake”. In May 2010, he performed Fantasy for the Erhu and Orchestra with Neubrandenburg Philharmonic and 2012 New Year Concert with Freiburg Philharmonic in Germany. He has also performed with jazz musicians Max Roach, David Murray and Anthony Brown’s Asian American Jazz Orchestra etc. in past years.
As a leading contemporary musician, he has produced many new music concerts in the San Francisco Bay Area, such as the “Thundering Across the Sky,” “A Musical Dialogue with Dancing Lions,” “New Music Concert” with the Citywinds, and “Three Sound” – An Experimental Music Series with computer music composer Carl Stone, sheng master Wei Wu, matouqin master Li Bo and bass clarinet/composer Gene Coleman who is the artistic director of Sound Field Festival. He just finished his tour with the new music group Het Collectibet (Belgium) and Ensemble Dragon (Germany) in Belgium.
He has performed at many international music festivals in the Netherlands, Germany, Japan, Belgium and the United States etc. As a “musical archaeologist” (L.A. Times), he visited many folk master musicians in Mainland China. Most notably, he visited Inner Mongolian twice and collected the most valued traditional songs and music from the grassland. He is also self-learning a legend instrument, the matouqin (morin khuur; a horse head cello), from Inner Mongolia.
As a composer, he has composed some pieces for the Chinese ensemble and contemporary mixed bands. He has also won awards for some of his compositions. His music is also published by China’s top music magazine - “Composition” and Taiwan Publish Houses. He has also recorded for many recording companies such as Sony Classical, Sega, TDK, Sound World and Water Baby Records. He is also a zhonghu soloist for the album “Monk’s Moods” which was nominated by Grammy’s Big band Award.
Currently, Mr. Wang is working with the Track Team for TV series of Kungfu Panda and Korra, he is based in Las Vegas, Nevada. As a freelance musician, he is working on different new music projects with symphonies and new productions. He never stops exploring traditional and contemporary music. He always believes “Tradition is the most useful source for creative music.”
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