FAY [KUEEN] WANG
Fay Wang (Wang Feinan, aka. stage name FayKueen) is a multifaceted composer and performer from Beijing, now based in east coast of the United States. Her works have been performed internationally in Asia, Europe and the United States.
Musikverlag Doblinger, Vienna, publishes her sheet music. Her album has been released in China and her music has been broadcast on China Central Television, Austrian National Broadcast and WQXR.
Fay has been collaborated with ensembles including Bang On A Can All-Stars, the RIAS Youth Orchestra (Gerd Albrecht), Sinfonia Iuventus, Yale Philharmonic, Dinosaur Annex, Ensemble De Reihe, the Pit Stop Players, Galatea Quartett, loadbang, China Youth Symphony Orchestra and China Philharmonic Orchestra. Her compositions are performed at various venues including Merkin Concert Hall, Arnold Schoenberg Center, Berlin Concert House, Musikverein, Oper Graz, Joseph Haydn-Saal, as well as the Flea Theater, Yale Woolsey Hall, Zurich University of the Arts, Royal Danish Academy of Music, Yun Isang Memorial Hall, Beijing Concert Hall, Shanghai Concert Hall, Forbidden City Concert Hall and Lincoln Center’s Rose Theater NYC. Recently she was a guest singer/pianist at the Steinway “Imagine” piano launch event in Shanghai.
Fay has received honors and awards from competitions including ASCAP Young Composer Award, China’s “Golden Bell” Award, “Governmental Award”, "New Century Cup" Award and "Palatino Cup". Her commissions include the Classic Euro Young Festival, Roger Shapiro Fund for New Music, Beijing Modern Music Festivals, Beijing Chamber Music Festival, Beijing Dance Academy, and the Cantonese Song and Dance Troup.
Fay’s creative work spans a variety of genres, including concert music, theater, film scoring, ethnic music and experimental pop. In addition she has created her own unique Monodrama Series. Recently She has been working on her debut EP of alternative pop. Fay also frequently performs in various styles as vocalist for other composers.
Fay Wang holds degrees from the Central Conservatory of Music (BA '08) where he studied composition with professor Xiaogang Ye, and the Yale School of Music (MM '10 / AD ‘12) where she received the Ezra Laderman Prize and John Day Jackson Prize. She is currently a DMA candidate at Boston University. She has worked with composers including Martin Bresnick, Ezra Laderman, Aaron Jay Kernis, Christopher Theofanidis, Joshua Fineberg, Ketty Nez, Chen Yi and Zhou Long.
LIST OF MAJOR WORKS:
Weltinseln – for Bang On A Can All-Stars (2012)
Merkin Concert Hall, NYC (2013)
Wolf Totem – for Percurama (unfinished)
Royal Danish Academy of Music (May, 2013)
Solo piece for Cello
commissioned by Ashley Bathgate
NYC (2013)
Murmurs – for electronics
Boston (Dec. 2012)
Don’t Wake Chucky – for big ensemble
Commissioned by Pit Stop Players
Christ And St. Stephen’s Church, NYC (Nov. 2012)
Antelopes on the Plateau – for Dinosaur Annex Ensemble
Beijing Modern Music Festival (May 2012)
Monodrama Series – The Monodrama for “Old Haven” (2012)
Yale School of Music (Apr. 2012)
Timid As A Mouse
- for “loadbang”
“The Tank”, NYC (December 15th, 2011)
EOS – Empyreal OasiS
- for full orchestra (2011)
Yongyan Hu, conductor
China’s Eos Orchestra
Beijing Concert Hall, Novermber 16th, 2011
AWaken Flamingo
- for piccolo/alto flute, trumpet, marimba, electric guitar and pedal loop
Sprague Hall, Yale School of Music (November 4th, 2011)
“Red Boat” suit
- for dance drama “Red Boat”
Peking University Centennial Auditorium (June 24th – 26th, 2011)
Qing Cheng
– for Chinese chamber ensemble (2010, unfinished)
(Central Conservatory of Music, Beijing, 2011)
Runaway Flamingo
– for wind ensemble (2010)
Friedrich's Somniloquy
– for full orchestra (2010)
Gerd Albrecht, conductor
RIAS Youth Orchestra
Berlin, Aug. 2010 /
Shanghai Concert Hall, May 2010
Monodrama Series – Yaf’s Monodrama
– for voice, tape and mixed ensemble (2010)
Fay Wang, voice / Samuel Adams, conductor / sound designer
Yale School of Music, Sprague Hall
Monodrama Series – Pisces Monodrama –
- for voice and mixed ensemble (2009)
Fay Wang, voice / Tianxia Wu, conductor
Andy Akiho, Steel Drum
Yale School of Music, Sprague Hall
Red Cheongsam @ Midnight
– for full orchestra （2009）
Shinik Hahm, conductor
Yale Philharmonic
Yale School of Music, Woolsey Hall
Autumn of Ya-Le Garden (2009)
- Fay Wang, vocal / Xi Chen, violin
Mo Mo, cello / Jian Liu, piano
Home of Jazz, Lincoln Center
Mystery of JD
– for short film （2009）
Spencer Cromwell, conductor
Yale musicians, New Haven Arts School
Melting Clock
–for String Quartet －in 3 movements (2008)
Ensemble De Reihe – Austria (2010)
Galatea Quartett – Switzerland (2010)
Beijing Chamber Music Festival - China (2009)
Yale School of Music - CT, U.S.A. (2008)
Taichi Dance in Space
– for Chinese chamber ensemble (2008)
Zhongshan Music Hall, Beijing (2009)
Houyi Shot Down the Suns (2007)
Zhongshan Music Hall, Beijing (2008)
23. Chinese Painting
– Piano Solo
Xi You, piano
Concert Hall of CCOM, Beijing (2007)
Drunk Cat In The Ancient City Wall
– for septet （2007）
Ensemble De Reihe, Austrian
Arnold Schoenberg Center, Vienna (2009)
Beijing Modern Music Festival (2007)
Qiujin's Poem
- for soprano, pipa and orchestra (2006)
Lvwa Ke,Soprano / Zhang Yi, conductor
National Ballet of China Symphony Orchestra
CCOM Concert Hall,China
“Fei Bu” – Half of the Chinese character “Sorrow” (2006)
- for Chinese Chamber Ensemble
Shun Liu, conductor
Cantonese Song and Dance Troup
Zhongshan Music Hall, Beijing
The Diary of A Female Sniper
– for cello and piano （2005）
Xiaoqi Sun / Yibing Zhu, cello
Jiajia Shi / Xi You, piano
Third Prize of “Golden Bell”, China
Look Into the Hesitancy Behind the Geometry of Picasso
- Piano solo
Xingchen Liu, piano
Beijing Modern Music Festival (2005)
Wake
– for soprano and piano (2004)
(Chinese version - Fay Wang, lyricist)
Yanyu Wu, soprano / Xingchen Liu, piano
Beijing Modern Music Festival (2005)
Viewing Fish at Flower Harbor
－ piano solo (2004)