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DESCRIPTION:Hosted by Jonathan D.\nMusicians: Yinuo Wang\n\n5 PM Doors & Pr
 e-Reception\n6 PM Recital\n7 PM Post-Reception\n\n_____\n\n**Wynona Wang S
 teinway Fundraiser**: Medtner & Rachmaninoff\n\n[Gotham Arts](https://www.
 facebook.com/GothamArts/) in collaboration with [Groupmuse](https://www.gr
 oupmuse.com/) is delighted to present an intimate private recital by piani
 st [Wynona Wang](https://wynonapiano.com/) of Medtner's Sonata-Skazka and 
 Rachmaninoff's Piano Sonata No. 1. All proceeds will go toward fundraising
  for Wynona's purchase and restoration of Steinway Model C #93391 made in 
 New York in 1899.\n\n[Read more about and contribute to Wynona's commissio
 n-free GoFundMe fundraiser](https://bit.ly/wynonafund)\n\nAn array of wine
  and snacks will be served.\n\n**Program:**\n\nMEDTNER *Sonata-Skazka*\, O
 p. 25 No. 1\nRACHMANINOFF *Piano Sonata No. 1*\, Op. 28\n\n__________\n\n*
 *About the Musician:**\n\n[Watch Wynona perform Rachmaninoff's Étude-Tabl
 eau in d minor\, Op. 39 No. 8](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nbQgPujxh38
 )\n\n**Wynona Wang**\n\nChinese pianist **Wynona Yinuo Wang** launched her
  career after winning the First Prize at the 2018 Concert Artists Guild In
 ternational Competition in New York City. Her recent North American perfor
 mances include appearances with the Orchestra NOW\, the Northwest Florida 
 Symphony Orchestra\, the California North State Symphony Orchestra\, and t
 he Meadows Symphony Orchestra in Dallas. She has performed in the major co
 ncert venues as the Lincoln Center’s David Geffen Hall\, the Carnegie Ha
 ll’s Weill Hall\, the Metropolitan Museum Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium
 \, the Merkin Concert Hall in New York City\, the Krannert Center for the 
 Performing Arts\, the Purdue Convocations\, the Kravis Center\, the Califo
 rnia Performing Arts Center\, the Whitney Center\, the Conrad in La Jolla\
 , and the Dallas Winspear Opera House. \n\nIn most recent seasons\, Wynona
  has been presented by the Shriver Hall Discovery series\, the Myra Hess M
 emorial Concerts\, the Tippet Rise Art Center\, the Steinway Society of We
 stern Pennsylvania\, the Robbie Collomore Concert Series\, and Music Mount
 ain Chamber Music Season. She was invited to perform at festivals includin
 g Music@Menlo\, La Jolla SummerFest\, Mostly Mozart Festival\, Bard Music 
 Festival\, International Keyboard Institute and Festival\, Piano Texas\, t
 he Chautauqua Institution\, Morningside Music Bridge in Calgary. She has c
 ollaborated in chamber music with artists including Garrick Ohlsson\, Gilb
 ert Kalish\, Joyce Yang\, Inon Barnatan\, Kristin Lee\, Paul Neubauer\, An
 dres Diaz\, Sterling Elliott\, and Jordan Bak. \n\nInternationally\, she h
 as been a featured soloist with the Academic Symphony Orchestra of the Nat
 ional Philharmonic Society of Ukraine\, and the Romanian Mihail Jora Philh
 armonic Orchestra in Italy. She has also given numerous solo piano recital
 s in China—including cities such as Beijing\, Qingdao\, Hangzhou\, Wuhan
 \, Shenzhen\, Kunming\, Ningbo\, and Dalian—as well as in Spain (Madrid)
  and Indonesia (Jakarta). \n\nHer 2022-2023 season highlights include appe
 arances in the Artist Spotlight concert presented by the New York Philharm
 onic\, as well as at Brown University\, Stars of Steinway in Idaho\, and w
 ith the DuPage Symphony in Gershwin’s Concerto in F.\n\nShe has garnered
  top honors at numerous competitions: first prizes at the 2017 Wideman Int
 ernational Piano Competition in Louisiana\, the Meadows Concerto Competiti
 on at SMU\, the First Indonesia Pusaka International Piano Competition in 
 Jakarta\, as well as top prizes in the Artist Recognition Scholarship Awar
 ds Competition at NYC’s International Keyboard Institute & Festival\, th
 e Hamamatsu International Piano Academy’s competition in Japan\, IX Inte
 rnational Competition for Young Pianists in Memory of Vladimir Horowitz in
  Ukraine\, and the Chautauqua Music Festival’s piano competition in New 
 York State. \n\nBorn in Beijing\, Wynona (Yinuo) began playing the piano a
 t age 4 and studied at the Music Middle School at the Central Conservatory
  of Music in Beijing. In 2016\, she was awarded a full scholarship for stu
 dy at the Southern Methodist University in Dallas and earned her Performer
 ’s Diploma under the tutelage of the eminent pianist Alessio Bax in 2018
 . She was awarded both the Paul Velucci Piano Award and the Harold Von Mic
 kwitz Prize in Piano by SMU\, and her name is listed among the Featured Al
 umni of SMU’s music school. In 2018\, Wynona was named as “Legacy Pian
 ist” by the Joaquin Achucarro Foundation. \n\nWynona recently earned her
  bachelor’s degree at The Juilliard School with the Arthur Rubinstein Co
 mmencement Award\, and she continues to pursue her master’s degree at Ju
 illiard with Robert McDonald. In 2019\, she was a recipient of the Charlot
 te White Career Grant awarded by Salon de Virtuosi. In addition to playing
  concerts across the US\, she also plays numerous recitals in and around N
 ew York City\, including at venues such as the Caspary Auditorium at Rocke
 feller University\, the Howland Chamber Music Circle\, the Hungarian House
 \, the Parrish Art Museum\, the Port Washington Library\, the Bohemians\, 
 Piano Evenings series at Good Shepherd Church\, Piano on Park at Park Aven
 ue\, and the Klavier Hall at Klavierhaus. She was also featured on New Yor
 k’s WQXR radio programs to showcase her prize-winning successes.
LOCATION:Flatiron\, New York
SUMMARY:Wynona Wang Steinway Fundraiser: Medtner & Rachmaninoff
URL:https://www.groupmuse.com/events/13118-wynona-wang-steinway-fundraiser-
 medtner-rachmaninoff
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