{{Short description|Canadian pianist}} {{Use mdy dates|date=October 2020}} '''Ryan Wang''' is a Canadian pianist.<ref name="FondationlouisvuittonNew">{{cite web|url=https://www.fondationlouisvuitton.fr/en/events/new-piano-generation-ryan-wang|title=Piano nouvelle génération: Ryan Wang|website=Fondation Louis Vuitton|access-date=October 27, 2024}}</ref> He has performed at Carnegie Hall and was featured on ''The Ellen DeGeneres Show''.<ref>{{Cite web |date=May 28, 2013 |title=WATCH: 5-Year-Old Child Prodigy Is Completely Adorable |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/ryan-wang-ellen-piano-video_n_3347946 |access-date=September 11, 2024 |website=HuffPost |language=en}}</ref>
== Early life and education == Ryan Wang is from West Vancouver<ref name="cbc.ca">{{Cite news|date=March 18, 2013|title=5-year-old B.C. piano prodigy gets Carnegie Hall debut|language=en-US|work=CBC|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/5-year-old-b-c-piano-prodigy-gets-carnegie-hall-debut-1.1385315|access-date=November 7, 2020}}</ref><ref name="straitstimes">{{Cite web|last=Kaur|first=Gurveen|date=June 23, 2017|title=Michael Jackson's songs help child become piano prodigy|url=https://www.straitstimes.com/lifestyle/arts/piano-prodigy-dreams-of-being-a-film-star|access-date=November 7, 2020|website=The Straits Times|language=en}}</ref> and started playing piano at the age of four with Ms. Fafan Xiao.<ref name="nsnews">{{Cite web |date=June 5, 2013 |title=Young piano prodigies set WV concert date |url=https://www.nsnews.com/in-the-community/young-piano-prodigies-set-wv-concert-date-2920655 |access-date=June 3, 2024 |website=North Shore News |language=en}}</ref> From 2013, he studied with Professor Lee Kum Sing and Dr. Sunsung Kong.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ryan Wang - Steinway & Sons |url=https://www.steinway.com/artists/ryan-wang |access-date=June 3, 2024 |website=www.steinway.com |language=en}}</ref> He was awarded a music scholarship to Eton College in the United Kingdom at the age of 13.<ref name="Etoncollege">{{cite web|url=https://www.etoncollege.com/news-and-diary/school-news/etonian-ryan-wang-wins-bbc-young-musician-2024/|title=Etonian Ryan Wang Wins BBC Young Musician 2024|website=Eton College|access-date=October 28, 2024}}</ref>
==Career== Wang was only five years old in 2013 when he performed his first solo recital at Carnegie Hall. He was selected for the performance as part of the American Protégé International Piano and Strings Competition and played ''Variations on a Russian Theme''.<ref name="cbc.ca"/> He placed second in the competition.<ref name="nsnews"/> Shortly after his performance at Carnegie Hall, Wang appeared on ''The Ellen DeGeneres Show'', where he again performed ''Variations on a Russian Theme''.<ref name="ctvnews">{{Cite web|last=Heatherington|first=Reyhana|date=May 28, 2013|title=Pint-sized B.C. piano prodigy performs on Ellen|url=http://bc.ctvnews.ca/pint-sized-b-c-piano-prodigy-performs-on-ellen-1.1300766|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130607225715/http://bc.ctvnews.ca/pint-sized-b-c-piano-prodigy-performs-on-ellen-1.1300766|url-status=live|archive-date=June 7, 2013|access-date=May 19, 2026|website=CTV British Columbia|language=en}}</ref> Wang has played with the Vancouver Metropolitan Orchestra<ref>{{Cite web|date=February 20, 2018|title=Piano prodigy featured in Vancouver Metropolitan Orchestra concert in Burnaby|url=http://www.burnabynow.com/entertainment/piano-prodigy-featured-in-vancouver-metropolitan-orchestra-concert-in-burnaby-1.23175850|access-date=November 7, 2020|website=Burnaby Now}}</ref> and the Shanghai Symphony<ref name="ctvnews"/> and performed in Steinway Hall and Italy's Fazioli Hall.<ref name="nsnews"/> He currently attends the A.B./M.M. dual degree program between Harvard University and the New England Conservatory under Wha Kyung Byun, from which he will graduate in 2030.<ref name="ryanwangpiano">{{cite web|url=https://ryanwangpiano.com/about.html|website=ryanwangpiano.com|title=about|access-date=May 19, 2026}}</ref>
==Awards== {{More citations needed|section|date=October 2025}} Among his awards are first-prize finishes in the 2019 Seattle International Piano Competition, 2019 Edith Lando Gifted Youth Competition, 2021 Young Euregio Piano Award Competition, 2021 Gustav Mahler Piano Competition, the 29th International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition for Youth in Szafarnia Poland, 2022 Chicago International Music Competition, 2022 Paderewski International Piano Competition in Bydgoszcz and the 2022 International Piano Competition ‘SAMSON FRANCOIS’. From 2015 to 2019, Wang participated in the Casalmaggiore International Music Festival in Italy where he gave solo recitals and performed concertos with the Festival Orchestra. He was the recipient of the Gabora Prize in 2017 and the Audience Favorite Award of Best Musician in 2019. In 2017 and 2019, Wang was the recipient of the Emerging Artist Grant from the Vancouver Academy of Music.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ryan Wang 17/10/2023 – Association Animato |url=https://animato.org/ryan-wang-17-10-2023-3/ |access-date=September 11, 2024 |website=animato.org}}</ref>
In October 2024, Wang won the prestigious BBC Young Musician Award.<ref name="Etoncollege"/> His performance of Rachmaninov's Second Piano Concerto in the Final, held at Bristol Beacon, was described by one of the judges as world class.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/2024/bbc-young-musician-winner|title=Pianist Ryan Wang wins BBC Young Musician 2024|website=www.bbc.co.uk|access-date=October 24, 2024}}</ref>
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