Ryan Wang
Senior Division
Quarter-Finals
Ballade in F minor, op. 52
Waltz in A flat major, op. 34, no. 1
Etude in A minor, op. 25, no. 11
Nocturne in B major, op. 62, no. 1
Polonaise in A flat major, op. 53
Semi-Finals
Mazurkas, op. 59
Sonata in B flat minor, op. 35
Finals
Concerto in E minor op. 11
Polonaise Fantasie in A flat major, op. 61
Ryan Wang, 17 years old, from Vancouver Canada, started playing piano at the age of four, and performed his first solo recital at the age of six. In 2013, he began his musical studies under the tutelage of Professor Lee Kum Sing and Dr. Sunsung Kong. He is currently studying on a music scholarship with Mr. Gareth Owen at Eton College in the UK, and received his Artist Diploma under Professor Marian Rybicki at the École Normale de Musique de Paris in France in May 2024, being the youngest ever to win the Prix Cortot. Since 2023, he has continued his studies privately with Ms. Wha Kyung Byun at the New England Conservatory. In September 2024, Ryan was named the BBC Young Musician Winner.
Ryan maintains a busy concert career as both a soloist as well as with orchestras across the globe. He has performed in many important and prestigious venues such as Carnegie Hall, Fondation Louis Vuitton, Salle Cortot, on the Ellen Show, RTHK radio 4, CCTV 4, CBC Music, and Radio Classique in France. Orchestral appearances include those with the Singapore Symphony Orchestra, Toronto Festival Orchestra, Xiamen Philharmonic Orchestra, Vancouver Metropolitan Orchestra, West Coast Symphony Orchestra, Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra, BBC National Orchestra of Wales and many more.
Among his awards are wins in the 2023 Jeune Chopin International Piano Competition in Switzerland, 2023 Cleveland International Piano Competition for Young Artists, 18th Animato International Piano Competition in Paris Chopin edition in 2023. In March 2023, aged 15, Ryan was the youngest musician to be included on the list of “30 under 30” by Classic FM. Ryan was also included in the New Generation Piano series 2022-2023 by the Fondation Louis Vuitton, and he was invited to perform a solo recital at the Fondation’s concert hall in Paris in 2023.