歷屆鋼琴大賽評判

黃蔚然Vanessa Wong Wai-yin(香港Hong Kong)

青年施坦威藝術家黃蔚然的鋼琴演出備受《留聲機》雜誌讚賞,她「與生俱來的音樂感和技術控制令人讚嘆」。她自小就在多個國際獎項脫穎而出,其中包括澳洲新南威爾斯國際鋼琴比賽歷屆最年輕的冠軍、美國第十七屆希爾頓國際鋼琴比賽亞軍等。她是第七屆霍洛維茲國際鋼琴大賽最年輕的冠軍得主,並同時勇奪五項特別獎。 

 

黃蔚然獲多個樂團邀約擔任獨奏家,合作樂團包括香港小交響樂團、澳洲坎培拉交響樂團、烏克蘭國家交響樂團、以色列新海法交響樂團、澳門樂團、美國希爾頓交響樂團和耶魯愛樂樂團等。她亦熱衷於室內樂,是耶魯大學香港校友會室樂社的成員之一。
 
她曾在各地舉行獨奏會,包括阿姆斯特丹音樂廳、巴黎科托特大廳、紐約施坦威音樂廳、紐約林肯中心、紐約卡耐基廳、北京保利劇院等。她亦曾於多個音樂節亮相,包括紐波特國際藝術節的開幕獨奏會、香港藝術節獨奏會、香港大會堂樂萃系列等。她的演藝足跡遍布各地,從澳洲的布里斯班、坎培拉,到北美洲的華盛頓、芝加哥、三藩市、洛杉磯、溫哥華,以至非洲的埃及都有演出。

 

2019年推出首張專輯──《李斯特:歌劇改編曲》,由Naxos唱片發行。

 

黃蔚然生於香港,先後畢業於美國耶魯大學音樂學院、約翰•霍普金斯大學皮博迪音樂學院及香港演藝學院,師承郭嘉特、Boris Slutsky 及 Boris Berman。她亦是香港賽馬會音樂及舞蹈信託基金獎學金、馮秉芬夫人及亞洲文化協會獎學金得主。她在促進國際藝術文化活動方面取得傑出成就,獲香港政府頒發表嘉許狀。

Praised by Gramophone magazine for “impressive…innate musicality and technical mastery”, young Steinway Artist pianist Wong Wai-yin was the recipient of a number of international awards.  She was the youngest First Prize Winner of the Southern Highlands International Piano Competition in Australia, Second Prize Winner of the 17th Hilton Head International Piano Competition in the US, and was the youngest Gold Medal winner in the 7th International Competition for Young Pianists in Memory of Vladimir Horowitz with five special prizes.

 

Wong has appeared in solo performances with a number of orchestras including the Hong Kong Sinfonietta, Canberra Symphony Orchestra of Australia, National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine, New Haifa Symphony Orchestra of Israel, the Hilton Head Symphony Orchestra, Yale Philharmonia and Macao Orchestra.

 

She has given recitals at the Concertgebouw of Amsterdam, Salle Cortot in Paris, Steinway Hall and Carnegie Hall in New York, and Poly Theatres in Beijing, and was also invited to give opening recitals at the Newport International Festival in the US, the 39th and the 46th Hong Kong Arts Festivals, and the Hong Kong City Hall Virtuosi Series. Solo recitals have also been presented in Brisbane, Canberra, Washington D.C., Chicago, Vancouver, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Egypt. She is an active chamber musician and has performed frequently with members of the Chamber Music Society of Yale Club of Hong Kong.

 

In 2019, Wong released her debut CD on the Naxos label: Liszt’s Transcriptions from Operas by Auber and Verdi.

 

Wong completed the Artist Diploma program at the Yale School of Music. Before that, she completed her Bachelor of Music degree with First-class honours at The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, and Master of Music Degree at the Peabody Conservatory of Johns Hopkins University. Her teachers include Gabriel Kwok, Hui Ling, Boris Slutsky and Boris Berman. 

 

Wong was the recipient of the Hong Kong Jockey Club Music and Dance Fund, Lady Fung Scholarship, and the Asian Cultural Council Scholarship. She was awarded a Certificate of Commendation by the Hong Kong Government in recognition of her outstanding achievements in the promotion of international arts and culture activities.