2026/27 Concert IV
Spring Delights!
About the performance
Two works of Spanish flare and heartfelt sentiment will end our season in high spirits! Emmanual de Falla’s Three Dances and Rodrigo’s Concierto de Aranjuez for solo guitar and orchestra are works that never fail to captivate and uplift. We are thrilled to have rising star guitarist Hoa Wang join us for the concerto. An enchanting player of the highest musicality and skills, Ms. Wang will make you love the classical guitar! The program begins with Englishman Gustav Holst’s exuberant tribute to America’s 19th century poet Walt Whitman of whom Ezra Pound said, he is “America’s poet....He is America.” Inspired by the words and music of American revolutionary period, composer William Billings, 20th century American composer William Schumann’s New England Triptych reflects Billings’ “spirit of sinewy ruggedness, deep religiosity, and patriotic fervor.” A concert not to be missed!
Barber. Adagio for Strings
Holst Walt Whitman Overture
Schumann. New England Triptych
Rodrigo. Concierto de Aranjuez. Hao Wang, guitar
De Falla. Three Dances from "Three Cornered Hat"
Featuring
Hao Wang
Hailed as a “technical wizard”, Chinese classical guitarist Hao Yang is the winner of the 2024 Koblenz International Guitar Competition “Hubert Käppel”, the second prize winner of the 2024 GFA International Concert Artist Competition, and recipient of the 2026 Harvard Musical Association Foote Award. Her other competition successes include first prizes at the Twisted Spruce Music Foundation, GFA International Youth Competition, CSU International Guitar Competition, and Andres Segovia 7th International Guitar Competition, as well as second prize at the 54th Markneukirchen International Instrumental competition in Germany. Hao is also a recipient of the 2026 CAG Louis and Susan Meisel Prize.
Hao actively engages in solo and chamber music performances internationally. She has appeared as soloist with the Chusachsische Philharmonie in Germany, and regularly performs in major venues such as Carnegie Hall, Kimmel Center, National Centre for the Performing Arts, New York Subculture, Miller Theatre, and Princeton University. She also frequently gives solo recitals at major guitar festivals, including past performances at the Cleveland, Panama, and Beijing International Guitar Festivals.
A passionate chamber musician, Hao made her Carnegie Hall debut premiering the guitar duo “Talking Guitars” by renowned composer Paul Lansky alongside JIJI. She has also performed at the Philadelphia Chamber Music Society and has been a guest artist at the NEXUS Chamber Music and Concordia Chamber Festival. Hao regularly collaborates with friends and colleagues to present guitar in various chamber ensemble settings, and recent concert projects include a Chinese poetry-inspired program for soprano and guitar. She is also a member of SOLARIS, an innovative music collective bridging classical and pop music styles, which was featured in the workshop premiere of James Rhee’s Red Helicopter: An American Rock Opera.
Hao holds degrees from the Yale School of Music, University of Denver, and the Curtis Institute of Music.
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