About Evan
Praised by Chopin Magazine for his "transparent, beautiful tone and thoughtful interpretation," Taiwanese-American pianist Evan Wong is the Silver Medalist and audience prize winner of the 6th Sendai International Competition in Japan. He has concertized throughout North America, Europe, and Asia as a soloist and chamber musician.
Recent highlights include a six-city tour in the US, Solo and Chamber Music appearances in Japan (Tokyo, Sendai) , Concerto appearances with the National Taiwan Symphony Orchestra, Kaohsiung Symphony Orchestra, and an all-Debussy recital in collaboration with French animation artist Grégoire Pont at the 2025 Weiwuying International Music Festival curated by renowned composer Unsuk Chin in Taiwan.
During his US tour, The Boston Musical Intelligencer commended his "sensibilities, ravishing pianissimos, and effortless playing," noting it was "one of the finest performances of anything ever heard."
Wong released his second album,《EARTHING》in 2024, featuring works by composer Shiuan Chang that aim to raise mental health awareness. His debut album was released in Germany in 2020 under Acousence Classics. He has also recorded for MPR (Minnesota, USA), WFMT (Chicago, USA), KBS (South Korea), Shanghai Classical 94.7 (China), and several Taiwan stations including Taipei Classical, Radio Taiwan International, National Education, Bravo 91.3, and Voice of Han.
A frequent guest at renowned festivals, Wong has performed at Verbier, Lucerne, Ravinia, Aspen, Gilmore, Taiwan International Festival of Arts, Weiwuying International Music Festival, Sendai Classical Festival and appeared as a soloist with orchestras including the Sendai Philharmonic, Orchestre Royal de Chambre de Wallonie, Orquesta de Cámara de Bellas Artes de México, Southern Illinois Festival Orchestra, Taipei Philharmonic Orchestra, National Taiwan Symphony Orchestra, Evergreen Symphony Orchestra, Kaohsiung Symphony Orchestra, Taipei Century Symphony Orchestra, and New Sendai Philharmonic. He has collaborated with conductors such as Pascal Verrot, Julian Kuerti, Victor Yampolsky, Shao-Chia Lu, Ichiro Nodaira, Dorian Wilson, Daniela Candillari, Paul Meyer, Yuri Nitta, Edward Benyas, Kuokman Lio, Seitaro Ishikawa, Tung-Chieh Chuang, Gernot Schmalfuss, and Ludwig Carrasco.
Wong holds degrees from the Hochschule für Musik, Theater und Medien Hannover in Germany (Konzertexamen), Northwestern University’s Bienen School of Music (D.M.A.), The Juilliard School (M.M.), and the New England Conservatory (B.M.).
Currently, he is full-time piano faculty of Taipei National University of the Arts and has held masterclasses in the US, Japan, South Korea and Taiwan. Wong has also taught at Harbin Conservatory of Music in China as their Distinguished Professor and served on the faculties of the University of Taipei and Fu Jen University.