Yinfei Wang
Yinfei Wang made his public debut at the age of seven in the Shanghai Concert Hall and has since performed extensively across China, Singapore, Spain, Australia, and the United States. He is a top prizewinner of numerous national and international piano competitions, including the Washington International, Gershwin, Five Towns, Jacob Flier, and Hartford Chopin competitions. As a soloist, Mr. Wang has appeared with the Hudson Valley Philharmonic and the Manhattan School of Music Symphony Orchestra under the batons of conductors such as Vladimir Feltsman and Philippe Entremont.
A passionate chamber musician, Mr. Wang has been featured in renowned festivals and concert series such as The Perlman Music Program, PianoSummer at New Paltz, Summer Concerts at NEC in Boston, Walnut Hill Music Festival, and Concerts on the Slope in New York. He has collaborated with distinguished artists including Thomas Hill, Nai-Yuan Hu, Hsin-Yun Huang, Nicholas Kitchen, Qianqian Li, Mo Mo, Kenneth Radnofsky, Qianwen Shen, Nathan Vickery, and Cong Wu. His performances are also featured on the Shanghai Conservatory of Music: Seventieth Anniversary Gala Album.
As a dedicated educator, Mr. Wang currently serves on the piano faculty at the New England Conservatory of Music Preparatory School and is the Artistic Director at both Tutti Music and Arts (New York) and Lincoln Music School (Boston). He has worked with students of diverse ages, levels, and cultural backgrounds. He has served as an adjudicator for events including the Gershwin International Piano Competition, Irvine Music Competition, and Fou Tsong Concerto Competition. His students have earned accolades in competitions such as the Bay State, Chopin Avenue, Gershwin, Hartford Chopin, Miclot, MTNA, PianoTexas Concerto, and the Steinway Society of Massachusetts Piano Competitions, and have gone on to study at prestigious institutions such as the Shanghai Conservatory of Music, SUNY Purchase, Northwestern University, Mannes School of Music, Manhattan School of Music, and the pre-college divisions of NEC, Juilliard and MSM.
Mr. Wang holds a Bachelor’s degree from the Shanghai Conservatory of Music and both his Master’s and Doctoral degrees from the Manhattan School of Music. His principal teachers include Phillip Kawin, Yanxin Chen, Christopher Zhong, and Chongfang Zhang. He has also performed in masterclasses for renowned pianists such as Hung-Kuan Chen, Nikolai Demidenko, Vladimir Feltsman, Stephen Hough, Lang Lang, Robert Levin, Russell Sherman, and Fou Tsong.
王寅飞
出生于上海，王寅飞七岁即登台于上海音乐厅举办个人首演，此后活跃于国际舞台，足迹遍及中国、新加坡、西班牙、澳大利亚及美国。《波士顿音讯》这样评价他演奏的拉威尔《夜之幽灵》组曲：“如魔法般的演奏效果，让人联想到白银、流水、钟声、冰、空气、黑暗大地等元素，很好地诠释出了拉威尔对伯特兰诗歌的敬意。”他曾在多项国内外钢琴比赛中获奖，包括华盛顿国际钢琴比赛、格什温国际钢琴比赛、纽约Five Towns国际钢琴比赛、Jacob Flier国际钢琴比赛以及哈特福德肖邦国际钢琴比赛等。
作为独奏家，王寅飞曾与Hudson Valley爱乐乐团、曼哈顿音乐学院交响乐团，著名钢琴家、指挥家Vladimir Feltsman、Phillipe Entremont等合作演出钢琴协奏曲。他也常年受邀在知名音乐节及音乐会系列演出，包括帕尔曼音乐节、新帕尔兹钢琴音乐节以及纽约 Concerts on the Slope 系列。此外作为波士顿地区胡桃山音乐节和新英格兰夏季音乐会系列的常客，王寅飞连续多年受邀演奏独奏和室内乐音乐会，屡获好评。他曾与许多杰出音乐家合作登台，包括 Thomas Hill、胡乃元、黄心芸、Nicholas Kitchen、李倩茜、莫漠、Kenneth Radnofsky、沈倩雯、Nathan Vickery 以及吴聪等。他的录音亦收录于《上海音乐学院七十周年校庆纪念专辑》。
在钢琴教学领域，王寅飞目前任教于新英格兰音乐学院预科钢琴系，并担任纽约Tutti音乐艺术与波士顿林肯音乐学校的艺术总监。他曾教授来自不同年龄、程度及文化背景的学生，并多次受邀担任国际钢琴比赛评委，其中包括格什温国际钢琴比赛、尔湾国际音乐比赛及傅聪国际协奏曲比赛（波士顿）等。其学生在Bay State、Chopin Avenue、格什温、哈特福德肖邦、Miclot、MTNA、PianoTexas协奏曲比赛、Thomas Hulbert、以及马萨诸塞州施坦威协会等许多钢琴比赛中屡获佳绩，并相继进入上海音乐学院、纽约州立大学帕切斯学院、西北大学、曼尼斯音乐学院、曼哈顿音乐学院，以及新英格兰音乐学院、茱莉亚音乐学院和曼哈顿音乐学院的预科部继续深造。
王寅飞本科毕业于上海音乐学院，硕士及博士学位均获得于曼哈顿音乐学院。其主要导师包括Phillip Kawin、陈彦新、钟听、周帆、黄硕、张崇芳及马崇芬老师。他亦曾得到包括陈宏宽、陈必先、Nikolai Demidenko、Vladimir Feltsman、傅聪、Stephen Hough、郎朗、刘孟捷、Robert Levin及Russell Sherman等诸多大师的指导。