Wang Zhiji

Wang Zhiji

Wang Zhigong, born in Shanghai on August 18, 1983, is a Chinese violinist.

In 1998, he won the first place in the 8th menuine International Youth violin competition; in the same year, he won the first place in the youth group of the 6th National violin competition at the age of the youth group. In 2000, he won the third place in the 8th Sibelius International Violin Competition. In 2003, he won the first prize and three special prizes in the Italian r-lipitzer International Violin Competition: lipitzer special prize, the first best prize and the youngest and most talented player in the final. In 2008, a special violin concert was held in Shanghai Concert Hall "music cube m3" chamber music on Wednesday. In 2012, "Wang Zhiji solo concert" was held at ryuksen Music Festival. In 2015, he released the album Tao. In 2017, he held his own solo concert in the form of pioneering "music theater" at the "Weekly Radio Concert". In 2018, the album Sibelius and Stravinsky violin concerto will be released. In 2019, he will release his third album "Butterfly Lovers" and "silent poems" Violin Concerto. In 2020, he and Suzhou Symphony Orchestra presented the performance of Beethoven's Violin Concerto in D major under the guidance of Xu Zhong.

Character experience

In 1986, he began to learn violin at the age of 3. In 1992, he was admitted to the primary school attached to Shanghai Conservatory of music and studied under Professor Yu Lina.

In 1998, he won the first place in the 8th menuine International Youth violin competition; in the same year, he won the first place in the youth group of the 6th National violin competition at the age of the youth group.

In December 2000, he won the third place in the 8th Sibelius International Violin Competition. In September 2003, he won the first prize and three special prizes in the Italian r-lipitzer International Violin Competition: lipitzer special prize, the first best prize and the youngest and most talented player in the final.

He graduated from Shanghai Conservatory of music in 2007. On April 2, 2008, a special violin concert was held in the chamber music of "music cube m3" in Shanghai Concert Hall on Wednesday. A set of pieces mainly composed of French works were performed, including Stravinsky's Italian suite, Frey's Sonata for Violin and Piano No.1, Planck's Sonata for Violin and Piano and Gershwin's porky and bass suite.

In 2010, Wang Zhigong, who studied in Germany, was invited to join the ryuksen Festival Orchestra directed by abado to perform in the violin section of the orchestra. In 2012, Wang Zhigong's solo concert was held at the ryuksen Music Festival. He performed a series of western music works, including brother by AVO pat and Violin Sonata in E flat major by Richard Strauss.

At the end of 2014, Beijing Symphony Orchestra invited Wang Zhigong and Leo shabado, the chief conductor of Berlin Symphony Orchestra, to perform Mozart's fifth Cello Concerto. In 2015, he released the album "Tao"; on December 31, he participated in the new year's concert held by the Berlin Symphony Orchestra in the chamber Hall of Berlin Philharmonic Hall; in the same year, he participated in the 32nd "Shanghai Spring International Music Festival". In 2016, he participated in the 3rd International Music Master Class in Fuzhou, China, and held a solo concert.

In 2017, Wang Zhigong held his solo concert in the form of "music theater" at the "Weekly Radio Concert". In early 2018, Wang Zhigong, together with conductor Thomas Sandlin and the British Philharmonic Orchestra, recorded the album Sibelius and Stravinsky violin concerto at Abbey Road studio in the UK.

On January 6, 2019, the Shanghai Philharmonic Orchestra, with Liao Guomin at the Shanghai Concert Hall, commemorated the 60th anniversary of the premiere of "Butterfly Lovers" in the form of "dialogue with Liang Zhu"; in the same year, it released its third album "Butterfly Lovers" and "silent poems" Violin Concerto. In December 2020, he and Suzhou Symphony Orchestra presented the performance of Beethoven's Violin Concerto in D major under the guidance of Xu Zhong.

Main works

Music Album

Important performance

Performance style

Wang Zhigong's repertoire is extensive, from Baroque period to modern music school. Her first global album "Tao" includes the works of five composers she and pianist Xie Ya Gemini. They are Sheng Zongliang, AVO pat, Alfred schnitkey, Lyra Auerbach and Sophia gubedurina.

In the recital held in Shanghai Concert Hall, Wang Zhixuan obviously matured a lot, which was not only reflected in pronunciation, skills and musical cultivation, but also included the graceful, friendly and steady typhoon. Each movement of "Sonata No.1 in a major" by Frey has beautiful musicality, but it is easy to be played too much. However, although Wang Zhigong pursues details, she does not deliberately express every small sentence. She interprets it in the way of focusing on the overall structure and melody lines, which makes people feel the elegant lyricism and singing style. Her voice is beautiful, penetrating and sweet without losing warmth.

In order to perform the adaptation well, we must first resonate with his violin vocabulary, which is really not easy. Wang Zhijiong played a new world in his adaptation of "Porgy and bass". She did not blindly imitate Heifetz's style, but also considered the overall music development logic, style and role image of the original opera.

Award winning record

Character evaluation

Different from other musicians, music does not occupy all of Wang Zhigong's life: she has a wide range of interests, loves sports, painting and reading; she is steady, down-to-earth and adheres to her own art; she always insists on herself and does not follow others' advice. In a word, it is "thinking, talent, depth, toughness and technology" (Hu Yuefei comments on music lovers).

First of all, as a violinist, it is great enough to dare to choose all contemporary works as the repertoire of his album. Secondly, the selection of the repertoire "Tao" is so excellent that it almost includes the beauty of all kinds of timbre, the dazzle of skills and the philosophical thinking that the violin can show. Wang Zhigong seems to have built a bridge between the eastern and Western world as well as these five composers A bridge, so that every work is full of personality, shocking (British online and physical record line Presto classic review).

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