Stanley Wong
Explore refreshing contemporary repertoire~ for pianists and piano lovers
發掘你不能錯過的當代鋼琴音樂--致鋼琴家及鋼琴愛好者
除了貝多芬 蕭邦 拉赫曼尼諾夫 梅湘之外 你值得知道的鋼琴作品世界
Music DipABRSM, L.R.S.M. (piano performance) B.A. CUHK
Performance Reviews
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"What a beautiful rendition! You put a lot of "love" in your performance. I got tears in my eyes from emotion. Thank you so much for the beauty you brought to the music!!!" Bravissimo you brilliant pianist! Oh, it captured my hopes and dreams. You did everything I wished. So beautiful. Your fingers sang. Composers only write notes. Its the performer who brings it alive. Thank you. Bravissimo again. |
Recent Awards
1st Prize of 2019 Tokyo International Youth Music Competition [Piano Open Class & open scholarship class]
2nd Prize 17th Hong Kong-Asia Piano Open Competition Mozart-Chopin Prizes [Free Choice Youth (Senior) Class]
Gold Medal Prize 8th International Music and Arts Competition [Piano Open Class]
Hong Kong based pianist Stanley Wong is establishing himself as a new force in avant-garde piano performance. He is known for his extraordinary collections of contemporary scores and his authentic interpretation on adventurous new music. He is the founder of the "Sparkling Piano Concert Series" and "Musica Montgolfiere" online concert series which specializing in promoting new music.
His concerts have revealed significant interconnections with living composers. Being collaborated closely with many international composers, Stanley has given the Asian premiere of works by Mohammed Fairouz, Fred Hersch, Katherine Hoover, Karen Tanaka, Alexander Peskanov, Victoria Bond, Augusta Read Thomas, Phyllis Chen, Sally Mosher and Manos Tsangaris. See Stanley's repertoires: HERE. His breakthrough performances including intriguing presentation of musical work for prepared piano and shadow box, one-man toys theatre work, world heritage sites concert and arvo pärt spiegel im spiegel with rhythmic gymnastics.
His passion of promoting contemporary piano music aims to evoke a new dimension of music appreciation, an artistic lifestyle and creativity thinking that can be applied in piano performance.
The immense interest of different kinds of art has led Stanley to create innovative concert featuring cross-over and fusion between music and poetry, visual arts and dance. Stanley always crafts a concert program that can stimulate his audience bringing them to a refreshing and memorable journey. His recent project about celebrating the 150th anniversary of children classic "Alice in Wonderland" involved 14 commissioned new piano works for each chapter of Alice by 14 worldwide composers along with commissioned artworks and dramatic narration has been critically acclaimed. The highly creative concept of Alice project has been invited by RTHK Radio 4 and "Drama Gathering in Sunday" in Shenzhen for interviews as well as continuous concert tour in Hong Kong, Taiwan and Shenzhen. In 2017, Stanley launched his first CD album "Wonderland", the world-premiere recording of the 14 new pieces. You can get the CD here.
Stanley is also charmed by toy instruments. His highly colorful and creative programming of musical work involves one-man show bringing together many unconventional toys and kitchen equipment such as soy sauce dishes, metal can, toy accordion and toy glockenspiel, toy melodica, woodblocks and music box. He convinced the audiences through his magical performances of multi-tasking show, further proving that toy piano are capable of artistic expression as well as intricate virtuosity.
Stanley has widely been invited to perform for the Chinese University of Hong Kong, St. John's Cathedral, Taipei Fringe Festival, Hong Kong Art Centre for the John Cage Musicircus Event in 2012, City Chamber Orchestra of Hong Kong for the Dragonix Multi-Arts Festival, Hong Kong Community Philharmonic Orchestra, Hong Kong Composer's work concert at City Hall Theatre, as well as many solo recitals. He is also the judge of BMTG Intercontinental Piano Competition, 2016 Ying Wa College interhouse piano competition and 2016 1st Hong Kong Students Piano Olympics Competition.
Stanley is also a composer who can compose in a wide range of style. See more details of his compositions.
Wong established the Dufy Atelier des Musicains & Artist in 2010 specializing in professional piano lesson. As a dedicated piano teacher, His teaching principle aims to let students enjoy music professionally and deeply understand the musical language, interpretation skills and composer's intentions behind the score.
2nd Prize 17th Hong Kong-Asia Piano Open Competition Mozart-Chopin Prizes [Free Choice Youth (Senior) Class]
Gold Medal Prize 8th International Music and Arts Competition [Piano Open Class]
Hong Kong based pianist Stanley Wong is establishing himself as a new force in avant-garde piano performance. He is known for his extraordinary collections of contemporary scores and his authentic interpretation on adventurous new music. He is the founder of the "Sparkling Piano Concert Series" and "Musica Montgolfiere" online concert series which specializing in promoting new music.
His concerts have revealed significant interconnections with living composers. Being collaborated closely with many international composers, Stanley has given the Asian premiere of works by Mohammed Fairouz, Fred Hersch, Katherine Hoover, Karen Tanaka, Alexander Peskanov, Victoria Bond, Augusta Read Thomas, Phyllis Chen, Sally Mosher and Manos Tsangaris. See Stanley's repertoires: HERE. His breakthrough performances including intriguing presentation of musical work for prepared piano and shadow box, one-man toys theatre work, world heritage sites concert and arvo pärt spiegel im spiegel with rhythmic gymnastics.
His passion of promoting contemporary piano music aims to evoke a new dimension of music appreciation, an artistic lifestyle and creativity thinking that can be applied in piano performance.
The immense interest of different kinds of art has led Stanley to create innovative concert featuring cross-over and fusion between music and poetry, visual arts and dance. Stanley always crafts a concert program that can stimulate his audience bringing them to a refreshing and memorable journey. His recent project about celebrating the 150th anniversary of children classic "Alice in Wonderland" involved 14 commissioned new piano works for each chapter of Alice by 14 worldwide composers along with commissioned artworks and dramatic narration has been critically acclaimed. The highly creative concept of Alice project has been invited by RTHK Radio 4 and "Drama Gathering in Sunday" in Shenzhen for interviews as well as continuous concert tour in Hong Kong, Taiwan and Shenzhen. In 2017, Stanley launched his first CD album "Wonderland", the world-premiere recording of the 14 new pieces. You can get the CD here.
Stanley is also charmed by toy instruments. His highly colorful and creative programming of musical work involves one-man show bringing together many unconventional toys and kitchen equipment such as soy sauce dishes, metal can, toy accordion and toy glockenspiel, toy melodica, woodblocks and music box. He convinced the audiences through his magical performances of multi-tasking show, further proving that toy piano are capable of artistic expression as well as intricate virtuosity.
Stanley has widely been invited to perform for the Chinese University of Hong Kong, St. John's Cathedral, Taipei Fringe Festival, Hong Kong Art Centre for the John Cage Musicircus Event in 2012, City Chamber Orchestra of Hong Kong for the Dragonix Multi-Arts Festival, Hong Kong Community Philharmonic Orchestra, Hong Kong Composer's work concert at City Hall Theatre, as well as many solo recitals. He is also the judge of BMTG Intercontinental Piano Competition, 2016 Ying Wa College interhouse piano competition and 2016 1st Hong Kong Students Piano Olympics Competition.
Stanley is also a composer who can compose in a wide range of style. See more details of his compositions.
Wong established the Dufy Atelier des Musicains & Artist in 2010 specializing in professional piano lesson. As a dedicated piano teacher, His teaching principle aims to let students enjoy music professionally and deeply understand the musical language, interpretation skills and composer's intentions behind the score.
Recent recordings
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Stanley's performance and passion of advocating contemporary music was praised and mentioned by the professor of Piano Mary Au from California State University in the article of The Triangle , Mu Phi Epsilon's magazine, Spring 2022, Volume 116, Issue 1.
Here is a link to the Mu Phi Epsilon magazine THE TRIANGLE Spring 2022
Booking
I love perform live and travel
I love presenting creative, refreshing and adventurous piano or chamber music
so far I've been crafting very innovative concert programs
including music inspired by literature, dance, painting, poetry, culianry, magic.....
Please contact me if you would like me to perform something special at your next function
Email me: [email protected]
Literature
Stanley Wong graduated from the Chinese Language and Literature department of Chinese University of Hong Kong. His interest included chinese poetry, Ci in the Song Dynasty, Creative writing and modern literature. Wong has made several researches on relations between literature and other artforms such as drama, music and painting. Wong 's thesis included " The short novels and the ink and wash paintings by Gao Xingjian", "The musical element in Yu Hua's novel 'Brothers'" and among others.
Stanley has been the editor of Literature column of school magazine "Torch" and has published numerous proses, short novels and poems.
Stanley Wong graduated from the Chinese Language and Literature department of Chinese University of Hong Kong. His interest included chinese poetry, Ci in the Song Dynasty, Creative writing and modern literature. Wong has made several researches on relations between literature and other artforms such as drama, music and painting. Wong 's thesis included " The short novels and the ink and wash paintings by Gao Xingjian", "The musical element in Yu Hua's novel 'Brothers'" and among others.
Stanley has been the editor of Literature column of school magazine "Torch" and has published numerous proses, short novels and poems.
Visual Art
Wong also enjoy oil painting, ink and wash painting. He has studied under several professors in CUHK. He likes cool abstraction painting, modern painting and mixed media. Click here for more photo of Stanley's artworks.
Wong also enjoy oil painting, ink and wash painting. He has studied under several professors in CUHK. He likes cool abstraction painting, modern painting and mixed media. Click here for more photo of Stanley's artworks.
Below: a series of paintings by Stanley Wong; Year:2020
Mathematics
Stanley Wong is also a very experienced Mathematics teacher, specialising at advanced level mathematics education. Ideal for HKDSE mathematics, M2 or secondary school mathematics. Stanley taught HKCEE, HKALE students A.Math, Pure. Math and Applied Math for many years. Stanley has a fine database of valuable exercise and mock papers.
Stanley Wong is also a very experienced Mathematics teacher, specialising at advanced level mathematics education. Ideal for HKDSE mathematics, M2 or secondary school mathematics. Stanley taught HKCEE, HKALE students A.Math, Pure. Math and Applied Math for many years. Stanley has a fine database of valuable exercise and mock papers.