Join us on our Facebook page and upstairs in the Turrentine Room for a live performance from Nuojun Wang Duo!

About Nuojun Wang Duo:

Praised by critics as “a rising pianist who is truly passionate, sensitive, and musical”, Nuojun Wang has appeared as a soloist on concert stages throughout the United States, Austria, Netherlands, France and her native China. Nuojun has performed in various well-known concert halls including Kleine Zaal, Concertgebouw at (Amsterdam), Solitär, Mozarteum (Salzburg), Salle Cortot (Paris), Newman Recital Hall (Los Angeles), Janette MacDonald Hall (Los Angeles), Seully Hall (Boston),  to name a few.

Nuojun has been awarded prizes in many music competitions in Europe, US as well as China. She graduated from University of Southern California, Thornton School of Music, where she studied with Professor Bernadene Blaha. She previously obtained her bachelor degree from Boston Conservatory at Berklee under the guidance of American pianist Dr. Jonathan Bass. She currently maintains an active private piano teaching studio in Los Angeles.

Chinese-American violinist Strauss Shi is quickly establishing himself as one of the most exciting multi-instrumental artists today representing music of the east and west. Praised by American conductor Carl St.Clair as “a deeply probing musician who plays with passionate commitment and virtuosity” and a “rising star” by the late Maestro Michael Morgan, Strauss made his major debut with the Utah Symphony under the baton of Vladimir Kulenovic at the age of seventeen and has since then concertized in the United States, Europe and Asia. Strauss is a top prizewinner at numerous competitions including Gold Medal at the 3^rd Berliner International Music Competition (2019), First Prize at the USC Thornton Concerto Competition (2018), Grand Prize at the Mondavi Center Young Artists Competition (2017), First Prize at the United States International Music Competition (2016), and Second Prize at the inaugural Siqing Lu Futian International Violin Competition (2016), among others.

Recent solo appearances include USC Thornton Symphony and Andrés Cárdenes, Downey Symphony Orchestra and Sharon Lavery across two seasons, Chamber Music Society of Colombo with Midori, and his debut with the Pacific Symphony at the invitation of Carl St.Clair in their Summer Series “Symphony in the Cities” in Mission Viejo, Segerstrom Center for the Arts, Musco Center, and Irvine across 10,000+ audiences to major acclaim. Recital highlights include sold-out debuts in San Francisco, Los Angeles, and New York.

This event is presented by Friends of the Escondido Public Library.