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The Exceptional Hanzhi Wang Coming to Great Barrington. Prize-winning Accordionist in Concert, Community Engagement        The groundbreaking young musician Hanzhi Wang is the only accordionist ever to win a place on the roster of the legendary talent agency Young Concert Artists (YCA) in its 59-year history. She will soon be visiting the Berkshires as Clarion Concerts’ Leaf Peeper series continues with her appearance at St. James Place in Great Barrington MA on Saturday, 12 October 2019 at 5pm. Tickets are $40, $25, and will be free to students with ID and free to children accompanied by an adult.The vivacious Ms. Wang will also be performing for the children at Muddy Brook Elementary School in Great Barrington earlier in the week. Such school visits are central to the philosophy of Clarion Concerts, a presenting organization which has been bringing music to the Hudson Valley/Berkshires for decades. “Community engagement initiatives are as important to our mission as our concerts,” says Clarion Board President Dave Hall. “We’re delighted that Hanzhi Wang will be helping us reach out to young people in the Berkshires.”As part of her Young Concert Artists prize Hanzhi Wang has performed  in New York at Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall, and made her Washington, DC debut at the Kennedy Center, co-presented by YCA and Washington Performing Arts. Young Concert Artists Series has also presented Ms. Wang in New York with the Omer Quartet at The Morgan Library and Museum.Ms. Wang has also won First Prize in the 40th Castelfidardo International Accordion Competition in Italy. She inspires the next generation of accordionists with lectures, performances and master classes, at the Manhattan School of Music, Royal Danish Academy of Music, Tianjin Music Conservatory, Ghent Music Conservatoriy (Belgium), and the inaugural 2018 Nordaccordion Festival in Norway among many others. Composers Martin Lohse, James Black and Sophia Gubaidulina have written and dedicated works to her.Ms. Wang earned her Bachelor’s degree at the China Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing. She completed her Master’s degree at the Royal Danish Academy of Music in Copenhagen with the renowned accordion professor Geir Draugsvoll, and now serves as an assistant teacher at the Academy. Ms. Wang’s first recording, On the Path to H.C. Andersen, is available on Naxos Records (8.573904).

The Exceptional Hanzhi Wang Coming to Great Barrington. Prize-winning Accordionist in Concert, Community Engagement The groundbreaking young musician Hanzhi Wang is the only accordionist ever to win a place on the roster of the legendary talent agency Young Concert Artists (YCA) in its 59-year history. She will soon be visiting the Berkshires as <a href="https://www.clarionconcerts.org/artist.php?view=cal" rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Clarion Concerts’ Leaf Peeper series</a> continues with her appearance at <a href="https://saintjamesplace.net/current-events/" rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow" target="_blank">St. James Place</a> in Great Barrington MA on Saturday, 12 October 2019 at 5pm. <a href="https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/4218780" rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Tickets</a> are $40, $25, and will be free to students with ID and free to children accompanied by an adult. The vivacious Ms. Wang will also be performing for the children at Muddy Brook Elementary School in Great Barrington earlier in the week. Such school visits are central to the philosophy of Clarion Concerts, a presenting organization which has been bringing music to the Hudson Valley/Berkshires for decades. “Community engagement initiatives are as important to our mission as our concerts,” says Clarion Board President Dave Hall. “We’re delighted that Hanzhi Wang will be helping us reach out to young people in the Berkshires.” As part of her Young Concert Artists prize Hanzhi Wang has performed  in New York at Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall, and made her Washington, DC debut at the Kennedy Center, co-presented by YCA and Washington Performing Arts. Young Concert Artists Series has also presented Ms. Wang in New York with the Omer Quartet at The Morgan Library and Museum. Ms. Wang has also won First Prize in the 40th Castelfidardo International Accordion Competition in Italy. She inspires the next generation of accordionists with lectures, performances and master classes, at the Manhattan School of Music, Royal Danish Academy of Music, Tianjin Music Conservatory, Ghent Music Conservatoriy (Belgium), and the inaugural 2018 Nordaccordion Festival in Norway among many others. Composers Martin Lohse, James Black and Sophia Gubaidulina have written and dedicated works to her. Ms. Wang earned her Bachelor’s degree at the China Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing. She completed her Master’s degree at the Royal Danish Academy of Music in Copenhagen with the renowned accordion professor Geir Draugsvoll, and now serves as an assistant teacher at the Academy. Ms. Wang’s first recording, On the Path to H.C. Andersen, is available on Naxos Records (8.573904).

Marshall Miles Interviews Hanzhi Wang,Clarion Leaf Peeper Concert Sat Oct 12 at St. James Place in Great Barrington

Today on Midday, a break from the news of the day, and focus on that which is great and good about the human condition. It’s Midday on Music. A little later, we’ll be treated to some tunes by the guitar/harp duo, Robin Bullock and Sue Richards. Their performance is posted separately here on the WYPR Website).We begin today with Hanzhi Wang. This virtuoso concert accordionist was born 29 years ago in China. She lives and teaches now in Copenhagen, Denmark, and she’s playing a concert in Columbia, Maryland Saturday night. She is the first accordionist to win the prestigious Young Concert Artists Auditions in New York. Ms. Wang is not your grandfather’s polka-playing accordionist, nor is she the organ-grinder busker in Little Italy with the dancing monkey. As you will hear, she is a virtuoso on an instrument that is not usually associated with art music. We are streaming our conversations today on the WYPR Facebook Page, so you can see that the instrument she is playing -- the button accordion -- doesn’t even look like most accordions you’ve seen before. During her live performance on Midday, Hanzhi Wang plays three pieces, in this order:“My Story” by Hanzhi Wang; “Etincelles” by Moritz Moszkowski; and “La Muerte del Angel” by Astor Piazzolla. Hanzhi Wang performs Saturday night (October 5) at a concert at the Horowitz Visual and Performing Arts Center at Howard Community College in Columbia. It’s part of the Candlelight Concert Society series. She'll play music of Bach, Rameau, Scarlatti, Grieg and Schnittke. The concert starts at 7:30. Wang's latest CD is called On the Path to H.C. Anderson on the Naxos label. It includes music by contemporary Danish composers. Hanzhi Wang is on the faculty of the Royal Danish Academy of Music in Copenhagen. She posts on Instagram.

Midday on Music I: Hanzhi Wang, Accordionist