Renowned Cellist Guang Wang is coming to Rabun Gap-Nacoochee School on Saturday, January 11 for a community concert and master class. The master class will begin at 10:30 AM and is free by registration at www.rabungap.org/studio.
The concert will take place at 2:30 PM in the Rearden Theater with general seating. Tickets are $10 per person and available at www.rabungap.org/tickets.
Guang Wang began his cello studies at the age of eight. In 1994, he became one of the youngest titled players in the history of the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra, serving as Assistant Principal Cellist under world-renowned conductors such as Michael Tilson Thomas and Christoph Eschenbach, and performing over 200 concerts throughout Asia before moving to the United States to continue his studies.
Wang holds a Bachelor of Arts from the Shanghai Conservatory of Music, an Artist Diploma from the Harid Conservatory, and a Master of Music from the Manhattan School of Music. He is a founding member of the Vega String Quartet – Quartet-in-Residence at Emory University, Atlanta.
