Mingzhu Wang, flutist

Email:  mingzhu.wang@aya.yale.edu

Phone:  (917) 622-2510

 

Qualifications

Accomplished flutist with extensive experience as a soloist, chamber musician, orchestral player, and teacher.   Frequent participant in benefit concerts and Chinese cultural events.  Bilingual in Chinese and English.

 

Education

Aug. 2005 - May 2007                           Master of Music, Yale University School of Music, New Haven, CT, U.S.A

                                                                Full-tuition combined scholarships: Harriet G. Fox Scholarship,
           Music Support Scholarship, School of Music Scholarship

Aug. 2001 - Jul 2005                              Bachelor of Art, Shanghai Conservatory of Music, Shanghai, China
                                                                        The People’s Scholarship (full-tuition)

Instructors

2007-present                                           Elizabeth Mann       Principal flute, Opheus Chamber Orchestra and St. Luke Orchestra

2007                                                        Robert Langevin      Principal flute, New York Philharmonic; The Juilliard School

2005-2007                                               Ransom Wilson       Yale School of Music

2006                                                        Shigenori Kudo       Ecole Normale de Musique de Paris

2001-2005                                               Shengqi He             Shanghai Conservatory of Music

2004                                                        Guoliang Han          Principal Flute, China National Symphony Orchestra;

                                                                                Central Conservatory of Music 

                                               

Performance Experience

Selected Solo Performances

2008 May 21                           Help Can’t Wait, Sprague Hall, Yale University

                                                        Benefit concert for the victims of natural disasters in China, Myanmar, and the American South.

2008 Feb 17                            2008 Yale Chinese Culture Night, Woolsey Hall, Yale University

2007 Jul 8                               Beaux concerts de la releve, Orford Music Festival, Canada

2007 Apr 9                              Master of Music Degree Recital, Sprague Hall, Yale University

2006 Apr 21                            Performance for Chinese President Hu, Sprague Hall, Yale University

 

Chamber Music

2008 Jun-Jul                           Mozart Quartet, Colorado College Summer Music Festival

2005-2007                               Griffin Winds Quintet, Yale University

2004                                        Shanghai Conservatory of Music Chamber Orchestra (performances in Germany and Austria)

 

Orchestral

2008                                        Concert Orchestra, Colorado College Summer Festival

2005-2007                               Yale Philharmonia (principal flute at Carnegie Hall Concert, October 15, 2006)

2006                                        Ongaku-juku Project - Seiji Ozawa, conductor (principal flute in concert in Kyoto, Japan)

2005-2002                               Shanghai Youth Symphony Orchestra (principal flute)

2005-2002                               Shanghai Youth Winds Symphony Orchestra (principal flute)

 

Prizes and Festivals

2008 Jun                                 Colorado College Summer Festival, USA (full scholarship) 

2007 Jun                                 Orford Music Festival, Canada (full scholarship)

2006 Jul                                  Ongaku-juku Project, Japan (full scholarship)

2006 Jun                                 Domain Forgot, Canada (partial scholarship)

2004 Aug                                1st Place, China National Flute Competition for Collegiate Artists (held by the Chinese Ministry
              of Culture)

2004 Feb                                 International Mozart Week Festival, Salzburg, Austria

 

Work Experience

2008                                        Orchestra of St. Luke’s

2001-2008                               Instructor of Flute & Piano (private studios)

2007-2008                               Alto Section Leader, Chapel Choir, Episcopal Church at Yale

2007-2008                               Assistant, Operations Department, Yale School of Music

2007-2008                              Chinese translator, interpreter, Yale School of Music

2007                                        Library Assistant, Irving S. Gilmore Music Library, Yale University

2005-2006                               Teaching Assistant, East Asian Language and Literatures Department, Yale University (Chinese 150,                                  
                         Advanced Modern Chinese I)

 

References available upon request