Beibei Wang

This article is about the musician. For the electrical engineer, see Beibei Wang (engineer).
In this Chinese name, the family name is Wang.
Beibei Wang
王贝贝
Background information
Born1986
Hefei, China
OccupationMusician
InstrumentPercussion

Beibei Wang (Chinese: 王贝贝; pinyin: Wáng Bèibèi) is a Chinese multi-percussionist living in London. She has been a soloist with the BBC Concert Orchestra, BBC Symphony Orchestra and others. She was a jury member for the BBC Young Musician competition.

Early life and education

Beibei Wang grew up in Hefei, China.[1] She received her Bachelor's and Master's degrees in Chinese Percussion Performance from Central Conservatory of Music, Beijing and in 2011, moved to London, United Kingdom to pursue her Master's in percussion performance at the Royal Academy of Music.[2][3]

Career

In 2008, Beibei Wang made her debut performance as a primary percussionist performing Tea: A Mirror of Soul by Chinese-American composer Tan Dun.[4] Beibei frequently features as the primary soloist in Tan Dun’s organic music trilogy concertos—Water, Paper, Earth. In 2009, she performed the world premiere of Earth Concerto at the 2009 Grafenegg Festival with conductor Kristjan Järvi and Tonkünstler Orchestra.[5] in 2018, Beibei Wang featured as soloist performing Tan Dun's Tears of Nature percussion concerto with the BBC Concert Orchestra and conductor Barry Wordsworth on their 2018 China Tour.[6]

Hannah Peel & Beibei Wang in concert in 2023

In 2009, Beibei made her international debut with the BBC Symphony Orchestra, performing the UK premiere of Tang Jianping's marimba concerto, Sacred Fire, at the Barbican Centre. She has performed with international orchestras including the Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Stuttgarter Philharmoniker, MDR Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra, China Philharmonic Orchestra,[7] Antwerp Symphony Orchestra,[8][9] and at festivals such as Edinburgh International Festival, Lucerne Festival, and Malta International Arts Festival.[10][11][12]

In 2021 and 2022, Beibei performed in two tours with contemporary classical ensemble Manchester Collective.[13][14][15]

In 2022, Beibei Wang featured as jury member for the percussion final of the 2022 BBC Young Musician competition.[16][17]

Discography

Year Title Artists Label
2019 4 Seasonings[18] As You Hear, Veryan Weston, Pei Ann Yeoh, Beibei Wang Fundacja Słuchaj!

References

  1. ^ "Beibei Wang plays percussion, paper and plastic bags". ABC Radio National. 2019-09-21. Retrieved 2023-02-26.
  2. ^ "Time-travelling percussion: the sound of Chinese percussionist Beibei". MaltaToday.com.mt. Retrieved 2023-02-26.
  3. ^ "Beibei Wang | BMOP". www.bmop.org. Retrieved 2023-02-26.
  4. ^ "Time-travelling percussion: the sound of Chinese percussionist Beibei". MaltaToday.com.mt. Retrieved 2023-02-26.
  5. ^ "Earth Concerto for stone and ceramic percussion with orchestra | Tan Dun". www.wisemusicclassical.com. Retrieved 2023-02-26.
  6. ^ "BBC Concert Orchestra: China Tour". BBC Music Events. Retrieved 2023-02-26.
  7. ^ Smith, Ken (19 January 2009). "China Philharmonic Orchestra, Forbidden City Concert Hall, Beijing". Financial Times. Retrieved 26 February 2023.
  8. ^ "Antwerp Symphony Orchestra". Queen Elizabeth hall - Official Site. Retrieved 2023-02-26.
  9. ^ Morley, Christopher (2011-09-23). "Stuttgart's quiet festival turns up the volume". Business Live. Retrieved 2023-02-26.
  10. ^ "Edinburgh International Festival 2011 (3) – Montreal orchestra makes a splash – Seen and Heard International". seenandheard-international.com. Retrieved 2023-02-26.
  11. ^ "Antwerp Symphony Orchestra". www.antwerpsymphonyorchestra.be (in Flemish). Retrieved 2023-02-26.
  12. ^ "Event Details". Visit Malta. Retrieved 2023-02-26.
  13. ^ Beek, Michael (20 January 2022). "Our Choices the BBC Music Magazines team's Current Favourites". BBC Music Magazine.
  14. ^ "Heavy Metal". Manchester Collective. Retrieved 2023-02-26.
  15. ^ "Neon". Manchester Collective. Retrieved 2023-02-26.
  16. ^ "BBC Four - BBC Young Musician, 2022, Percussion Final Highlights". BBC. Retrieved 2023-02-26.
  17. ^ canderson (2022-10-05). "Jordan Ashman wins BBC Young Musician 2022 Percussion Final". Colin's Column. Retrieved 2023-02-26.
  18. ^ As You Hear, Veryan Weston, Pei Ann Yeoh, Beibei Wang - 4 Seasonings, retrieved 2023-02-26