王笑寒
“他以自己特有的高贵、创新、严谨、敏感的方式演奏，聆听他的演奏使人充实、难以忘怀。”——音乐评论家Ora Binur《以色列MAARIV日报》
“激情澎湃同时优雅迷人，如同作曲家肖邦本人！”——《今日以色列》评价王笑寒与以色列爱乐乐团同台演奏肖邦的《第二钢琴协奏曲》
王笑寒
中央音乐学院副教授
施坦威艺术家
中国北京“亚瑟·鲁宾斯坦国际青少年钢琴比赛”艺术总监
新加坡国际钢琴比赛艺术总监
美国“洛杉矶国际钢琴大师班”音乐总监
柴可夫斯基国际青少年音乐比赛评委
2010年毕业于德国汉诺威音乐学院，师从于阿里瓦迪与马蒂雷卡利奥教授。以该校历史上唯一满分的佳绩毕业，获博士学位。曾在包括德国慕尼黑 ARD 国际音乐比赛、美国范·克莱本国际钢琴比赛、德国波恩贝多芬国际钢琴比赛等众多钢琴大赛中获奖。
王笑寒曾与很多交响乐团同台演出协奏曲，如德国巴伐利亚广播交响乐团、以色列爱乐乐团等。他还是一位出色的室内乐音乐家，曾与大提琴大师米沙·麦斯基、耶路撒冷四重奏、塔卡什四重奏等同台。作为独奏家，他曾登台巴伐利亚爱乐广播大厅、俄罗斯柴科夫斯基音乐厅、以色列曼恩音乐厅等，演出数百场，足迹遍布德国、法国、英国、荷兰、波兰、俄罗斯、美国、加拿大、以色列、日本及韩国等国家。还曾在多个音乐节举办独奏音乐会，如美国Ravinia 音乐节、德国贝多芬音乐节、以色列鲁宾斯坦音乐节。并应邀参加在日本东京举办“二十世纪百位伟大的钢琴家”系列音乐会，在韩国首尔举行的中韩建交22周年音乐会。
王笑寒同时是难得的钢琴、作曲、指挥“三栖”艺术家。在钢琴家生涯之外，他不仅涉猎指挥（曾指挥以色列交响乐团等多家乐团），并在作曲领域成绩斐然。他的作品《遗失的日记》荣获 2007 年中国钢琴作品作曲大赛银奖；《村趣》获2008 年中国小提琴作品作曲大赛铜奖。《画意》被 2007 年德国波恩贝多芬国际钢琴比赛选为规定曲目；《村趣》由著名小提琴家宁峰演奏并录制 CD。
在钢琴教育方面，他一直致力于优秀青少年钢琴家的培养。自2012年回到中央音乐学院附中任教以来，多次受邀在国内外讲学，其中包括美国朱莉亚音乐学院，波士顿新英格兰音乐学院，德国汉诺威音乐学院，以色列耶路撒冷大学等。其学生多次在国内外比赛中获奖。
王笑寒录制了多张 CD，与 Helmut Müller-Brühl 指挥的科隆室内乐团演奏贝多芬《第二钢琴协奏曲》的现场录音由 Naxos唱片公司出版发行。2015年的专辑，巴赫《哥德堡变奏曲》的现场演出，由奥地利Bravo Artists唱片公司出版发行。他曾荣登法国《肖邦》杂志封面人物。
“He really serves the score with his ownnoble, creative, and sensitive approach. Listening to him is an enriching andunforgettable experience.”——Ora Binur,Musicologist and Music Critic of the Israeli Daily Newspaper MAARIV
“A performance of passion and grace, aplayback of Chopin himself”
——comment byIsrael Today used for Wang and his Piano Concerto No. 2 with the IsraeliPhilharmonic Orchestra.
WangXiaohan is a leading Chinese pianist. He has delivered performances with majororchestras such as the German Bavarian Broadcasting Symphony Orchestra and theIsraeli Philharmonic Orchestra, etc. He also excels in chamber music, who usedto appear on stage together with cellist Mischa Maisky, Jerusalem Quartet andTakács Quartet.
As asoloist, Wang has staged hundreds of concerts at many well-known internationalmusic halls, such as the German Bavarian Broadcasting Symphony Hall, RussianTchaikovsky Concert Hall and Israeli Tel Aviv Mann Auditorium, givingperformances in Germany, France, UK, Netherlands, Poland, Russia, the USA,Canada, Israel, Japan and ROK. He was also invited to perform at severalinternational music festivals such as the Ravinia Festival in the USA, theBeethoven Festival in Germany, the Arthur Rubinstein Festival in Israel, the Hundred Pianists in the 20th Century concertseries in Tokyo, Japan and the Concert for the 22nd Anniversary ofSino-ROK Diplomatic relation in Seoul, ROK.
Wang is aversatile artist, being eminent as a pianist, composer and conductor. Besideshis career as a pianist, he also harvested remarkable achievements inconducting (he has conducted several renowned symphonies such as the IsraelSymphony Orchestra) and composing. In 2007, his work A Lost Diary was awarded the 2nd prize at the ChinesePiano Composition Competition. In 2008, Wang’s violin composition Scene of the Chinese Village was awardedthe 3rd prize at the Chinese Violin Composition Competition, whichwas then performed and recorded by the well-known Chinese violinist Ning Feng.His piano composition The Inspiration ofPainting was elected as the compulsory piece for the 2007 BeethovenInternational Piano Competition in Bonn.
In pianoeducation, Wang is dedicated to cultivating brilliant young pianists. As a pianoprofessor at Beijing Central Conservatory of Music, he was frequently invitedto lecture at prominent music institutions at home and abroad, such as theJuilliard School (USA), the New England Conservatory of Music, Boston (USA),the Hannover Hochschule für Musik und Theater (Germany) and the HebrewUniversity of Jerusalem (Israel). He was invited to Europe and the USA asinstructor for master classes and judge of music competitions. His studentsalso reaped multiple awards in domestic and international competitions.
Wangbegan his musical education at the Beijing Central Conservatory of Music MiddleSchool, where he studied with professors Jin Aiping, Li Qifang and ZhouGuangren. He continued his piano studies at the Hannover Hochschule für Musikund Theater with Prof. Arie Vardi and Prof. Matti Raekallio. In 2010, hereceived his PhD degree with a perfect academic performance, the first in theuniversity’s history. He has won prizes in several prestigious pianocompetitions in Europe and the USA, including the ARD International MusicCompetition in Munich, Germany, the Eleventh Van Cliburn International PianoCompetition in Fort Worth, USA and the Beethoven International PianoCompetition in Bonn, Germany. In 2012, he returned to his alma mater as a pianoprofessor. At present, he is the Artistic Director of the Arthur RubinsteinInternational Youth Piano Competition and Singapore International PianoCompetition.
Wang’smusic has been recorded into several CDs. His performance with the Köln ChamberOrchestra on Beethoven’s 2ndPiano Concerto, which was conducted by Helmut Müller-Brühl, was recordedand published by Naxos. Wang’s latest 2015 album, his on-stage performance ofBach’s Goldberg Variations, waspublished by the Austrian Recording Company BravoArtists. He was taken as the cover star of the French journal Chopin.