Biography Jian Wang
Jian Wang has performed with many of the world’s leading orchestras, including in recent and upcoming seasons the Chicago Symphony, Hong Kong Philharmonic, National Taiwan Symphony and Orchestre National de Lyon. He frequently appears in Korea with Maestro Chung as both conductor and chamber musician. In China, Jian has performed with many prestigious ensembles such as the China Philharmonic, China National and Hangzhou Symphony Orchestras. He was the first Artist in Residence for both the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra and the National Center for Performing Arts in Beijing.
He has an extensive discography with DGG, including the Brahms Double Concerto with the Berliner Philharmoniker, Claudio Abbado and Gil Shaham and chamber music with Maria João Pires and Augustin Dumay. A recording of Strauss Don Quixote with the Orchestre National de Lyon and Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider was released in 2024. His most recent disc is the complete Bach Cello Suites (inaugural release of DG China), twenty years after his first recording of these works on DG.
Jian is a Professor at the Shanghai Conservatory. His instrument is graciously loaned to him by the family of the late Sau-Wing Lam.
Source: askonas holt