Brahms Opus 118 No. 6

As Rhein-Neckar-Zeitung Heidelberger described, “Shijun Wang is a fascinating, serious and sensitive musician” As a solo pianist and orchestral soloist, Shijun Wang has performed in California, New York, Oklahoma, Florida, Georgia, Utah, Connecticut, New Jersey, Indiana, Idaho, as well as Germany, Spain, France, Norway, China, Mexico, and Japan. Under one of the most prestigious artists management, 100 arte, he plays concerts in most of the major cities in China each summer, and he also gave masterclasses, lectures, and recitals in more than half of the major Chinese conservatories including Shenyang Conservatory, Xi’an Conservatory, Harbin Conservatory, Sichuan Conservatory and Jilin College of Arts. He was appointed as the youngest ever visiting professor of Xi’an Conservatory where he would give concerts and masterclasses for two months each summer. He serves as a piano faculty in the East/West International Piano Festival in South Korea, The Puigcerda Music Festival in Spain, Baylor Piano Summer Institute, and Lancester International Music Festival in the summer.
Dr. Wang currently teaches as an Assistant Professor of Piano at Baylor University. He received the Bachelor of Music and Masters of Music degrees at The Juilliard School studied with Oxana Yablonskaya and Joseph Kalichstein and a Doctorate of Musical Arts degree at Eastman school of music studied with Nelita True. His mentors have included Thomas Schumacher, Dan-Wen Wei, Alfred Brendel, Emanuel Ax, and Richard Goode.

[@pmathew63]

It’s a fabulous piece. Thank you

[@AdrianCookePiano]

Thank you Shijun. I wish you had spent more time on this fantastic last piece of the set, which I have learned in the past.

[@rosechen5978]

So beautifully explained of this amazing piece! I am motivated to learn this piece, too! Thank you!

[@derekchen5148]

很喜歡王老師的解說與示範

[@kralyx]

Thank you Dr. Wang for sharing with us your insights in playing Brahms's Op. 118. Really looking forward to your clips on his Op. 117 as well in the future :)

[@laughia7311]

Dr. Wang: You've made me want to play this. It's beautiful! And now that I, too, am old I can really appreciate the sentiment you've illuminated here. I've been trying to select a slate of pieces to begin working on and this is now a top contender. Thank you so much!

[@rbmelk7083]

Dr. Wang, thank you for teaching these difficult pieces as your videos have been extremely helpful. Would you at all be willing to teach any of Faure’s piano pieces? I think his music is very important and significant to the piano repertoire but is often neglected. If you would be inclined to discuss Faure, would you be willing to teach his Impromptu No.2, which has a lot of unique technical challenges but also shares some of the same musical challenges as the Chopin Fantasy-Impromptu. Perhaps it could even be a springboard for the Chopin piece if you were considering teaching that work as well. Thank you again for your excellent videos!

[@RolandHuettmann]

Thank you for these series... ))) What came to my mind: Do we have to give meaning to a musical piece which always tends to be subjective? Could this sound just exist without in trying to empty our urge to have something meaningful? what would ww hear then?

[@philcortens5214]

I find he doesn't speak loudly or clearly enough in his videos.