August 19, 2005
Friday, 8 PM
Larry Weng, piano
Program
Sonata Op. 81a Beethoven
Adagio-Allegro, Les Adieux
Andante espressivo, LAbsence
Vivascissimamente, Le Retour
Ballad No.1, Op. 23 Chopin
Intermission
Ondine, from Gaspard de la Nuit Ravel
Excursions, Op.20 Barber
II. In slow blues tempo
III. Allegretto
IV. Allegro molto
La Valse (transcription by composer) Ravel
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Larry Weng, A Decade in Black and White
Larry Weng was born in Nanning, China on September 25, 1987. He immigrated to the United
States at the age of five. He lived in Newton, MA and began his study of the piano with
Dorothy Shi at age seven. He enrolled at the New England Conservatory Preparatory School
at age eleven, where he began to study piano with Sylvia Chambless over the next seven
years. He also focused on theory and chamber music through the young musicians
program. Larry Weng soon won recognition at NEC, winning the schools concerto
competitions. Recently he won the senior concerto competition, and is performing the Ravel
Concerto in G Major on June 3 in NECs Jordan Hall with the Youth Philharmonic
Orchestra and Benjamin Zander, conductor.
Larry Weng has won virtually every competition throughout New England, including the
Massachusetts Music Teachers Association Competitions and the prestigious New
England Piano Teachers Association Competitions, and recently won a Harvard
Association award. He was a finalist in the International Tschaikowsky Competition in
Kurashiki, Japan in 2004. He has performed with the New England Philharmonic Orchestra and
will perform with the Boston Symphony Orchestra as the 2005 winner of the concerto
competition. Larry Weng has been accepted into the joint program between Columbia
University and the Juilliard School in the fall of 2005.
Larry Weng now lives in Needham, MA and graduated from Needham High School in June.
Although he has many musical accomplishments, he has endeavored to live his life fully as
a normal teen-ager. He is intensely interested in literature and poetry, is a talented
painter, and has balanced academic studies with his musical pursuits. He enjoys playing
poker with his friends, and walks around in baggy pants with head sets listening to LOUD
music! His favorite legendary icons are Frank Sinatra and the Beatles. Every form of
musical expression fascinates him.
Larry Weng is a young man with extraordinary gifts. There was a celebration of his
remarkable musical journey throughout the past ten years with a gala benefit concert on
June 11at 7:30 PM in Williams Hall at the New England Conservatory sponsored by the
Foundation for Chinese Performing Arts. This occasion also celebrated the release of his
first compact disc, A Decade in Black and White. His many friends, teachers,
and family were there to support Larry Weng in launching his next decade of musical
exploration!
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