Wang, Yuetong
No. 23
Country: China
Date of birth: 22 February, 2005
Yuetong Wang is currently studying piano at The Juilliard School (USA). At the age of 12, she won the gold medal in the professional category under 18 at the 8th All Japan Youth Piano Competition and the gold medal in the elementary category at the 8th Concerto Competition of Shanghai Conservatory of Music Affiliated High School. In 2021, she won third place in the Young Artists Group of the American e-Piano International Competition and first place in the professional group of the Pearl River Kayserburg International Youth Piano Competition. In 2023, she won the gold medal in the high school category of the 12th Concerto Competition of Shanghai Conservatory of Music Affiliated High School, was awarded a first-class scholarship of “Tang Junyuan Outstanding High School Student” and the Fu Chengxian Scholarship in Shanghai, and has won the Niu Ende Professional Scholarship multiple times. In July 2024, she was admitted to Shanghai Conservatory of Music with the highest score in her major. In August, she enrolled in The Juilliard School in the United States with a high scholarship.
Competition Repertoire
Preliminary
D. Scarlatti: d-moll szonáta // Keyboard Sonata in D minor, K. 417
Bartók: Szvit // Suite, BB 70, op. 14
Liszt: Transzcendens etűdök // Études d’exécution transcendante » 10. Allegro agitato molto
Semi-final
Bartók: Allegro barbaro, BB 63
Bartók: Két román tánc // Two Romanian Dances, BB 56, op. 8a » 2. Poco allegro
Beethoven: 21. (C-dúr) zongoraszonáta // Piano Sonata No. 21 in C major, op. 53 (ʻWaldsteinʼ)
Hanuri Lee: Vertigineux
Solo final
Bartók: Szonáta // Sonata, BB 88
Liszt: 1. Mefisztó-keringő // Mephisto Waltz No. 1
Ravel: Gaspard de la nuit
Grand final
Beethoven: 3. (c-moll) zongoraverseny // Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, op. 37