West Wight Arts Association

 

Critics describe Meng Yang's playing as 'so fine that time seemed to stand still. Her shading, use of tone colour, and the most brilliantly clear and precise placing of the music in the highest register was a real joy to hear'

Based in London, Meng Yang regularly performs in the major concert halls throughout the United Kingdom including the Royal Festival Hall, Wigmore Hall, Purcell Room, St. John's Smith Square and Bridgewater Hall in Manchester.

Concerto performances with Maestro Vladimir Ashkenazy and John Wilson are among the highlights of her career during which Meng Yang received numerous prizes and awards such as first prize at the Bromsgrove International Young Musicians Platform and second prize and audience prize at the Dudley International Piano Competition. Upon graduating from the Royal College of Music, she has also received one of the school's most prestigious awards, The Tagore Gold Medal, for outstanding representation of the College, which was presented to her by HRH Prince Charles.

Born in China, Meng Yang was accepted by the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing in 1996. In 1998 she won 1st prize at the ‘MIDO’ piano competition in China followed by 2nd Prize at the ‘Ettlingen’ International Piano Competition for Young people in Germany 1999.

In the same year, Meng Yang was awarded a full scholarship by the Wall Trust to study at the Purcell School, where she worked with Professor Tessa Nicholson. During her three years at the Purcell School, she already appeared both as a soloist and chamber musician at the Royal Festival Hall, Wigmore Hall, St. John’s Smith Square, Purcell Room and at UNESCO in Paris.

Supported by a full scholarship, Meng Yang studied at the Royal College of Music with Gordon Fergus Thompson and Head of Keyboard Vanessa Latarche between 2003 and 2010. She performed in master classes with Murray Perahia John Lill, Barry Douglas, Dmitri Alexeev and Jonathan Plowright and in 2006, won first prize in The Robert William and Florence Amy Brant International Pianoforte Competition. In 2009, Meng Yang was the winner of the MBF educational award.

Meng Yang would like to thank Vanessa Latarche, Gordon Fergus Thompson, Sir Roger Carr and Stephanie Carr for their generous support.

MARCH 2011