Presented by the Emerson/Harris Program for Private Study Solo Recital Series
Program
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Sonata No. 8 in A minor, K. 310
Claude Debussy: Estampes, L. 100
Alberto Ginastera: Piano Sonata No. 1, Op. 22
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About the Performer
William Wang is a fourth-year PhD student in computer science, working with Ali Jadbabaie at the MIT Laboratory for Information and Decision Systems. He currently studies with David Deveau as an Emerson Fellow; his past teachers include Betty Woo and James Gardner. William is a four-time winner of the US Open Music Competition, first place winner of the East Bay Music Festival, and audience favorite prize-winner for the Pacific Musical Society Competition. He has also played in masterclasses with Olga Kern and Hans Boepple. William won the UC Berkeley concerto competition and performed Rachmaninoff's second piano concerto with the UC Berkeley Symphony Orchestra in 2017 – he would later perform the same concerto with the Boston Pops as part of the MIT Tech Night celebrations in 2021. In addition to solo repertoire, William is an active member of the MIT Chamber Music Society and performs at assisted living homes with the MIT Ribotones. Apart from music, William enjoys cooking, baking sweets, and playing table tennis.
About the Emerson/Harris Program for Private Study
Funded by the late Mr. Cherry L. Emerson, Jr. (SM, 1941) in response to an appeal from Associate Provost Ellen T. Harris (Class of 1949 Professor Emeritus of Music), the Emerson/Harris Program offers merit-based financial awards for private study in music to students of outstanding achievement on their instruments in classical, jazz or world music. Each academic year, the Emerson/Harris Program awards Scholarships and Fellowships to nearly fifty students who commit to a full year’s study and participate in the musical life of MIT. Private teacher selections, made in consultation with the music faculty, may include instructors from MIT staff and throughout Greater Boston.
