BIOGRAPHY

Concert pianist Bocheng Wang has already performed with London Mozart Players (cond. Dominic Peckham), Dulwich Symphony (cond. Leigh O’Hara) and Royal Academy of Music Symphony Orchestra (cond. John Wilson). In winter of 2017, Bocheng toured North England cities including Manchester and Newcastle. Since then, he has performed solo recitals across Europe in UK, Germany, Poland, Denmark, France and Spain, at famous venues such as Wigmore Hall, King’s Place, Fazioli Hall (Italy), Warsaw Philharmonic Chamber Music Hall (Poland), and Pereda Hall (Spain). 

As an artist of Making Music UK, Bocheng performed in many festivals including PianoTexas (USA), Ferrara (Italy), Oxford, Dartington (UK) and International Musical Artistry Goslar (Germany), as well as taken masterclasses with renowned musicians namely Richard Goode, Arie Vardi, Yoheved Kaplinsky, Dmitri Alexeev and Steven Osborne. His competition highlights include winning the First Prize at the Royal Overseas-League Piano Competition (2023), Second Prize at the Windsor International Piano Competition (2022), First and Grand Prize at the Croydon Performing Arts Festival Concerto Competition (2015), Third Prize at the ‘Young Pianist of the North’ International Piano competition (2012), and Semifinalist Prize at the Santander International Piano Competition (2018).

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Born in 1997, Bocheng received his childhood music studies in China at the Xi’An Conservatory of Music. In 2011, he gained full scholarship to study at the Purcell School for Young Musicians, and later attained a Bachelor’s Degree with First Class Honours under Prof. Christopher Elton, Master's Degree with highest performing award DipRAM, and recently graduated from Advanced Diploma with full marks at the Royal Academy of Music under Prof. Ian Fountain. Bocheng’s studies were generously supported by Sir Elton John, who described 'his performance electrifies me.'