March 7, 2012 - 7:30PM
Principal Players from the New York Philharmonic Kosciuszko Foundation, 15 East 65th Street
(between 5th & Madison Aves)
Principal Players Series
PERFORMERS:
Liang Wang - Principal Oboe, New York Philharmonic
Phil Myers - Principal Horn, New York Philharmonic
TBA - piano
PROGRAM:
Hugo Kauder Trio No. 2 for Oboe, Horn, Piano 1946
Alec Wilder Four Duets
Malcolm Arnold Fantasy for Unaccompanied Horn
Heinrich von Herzogenberg Trio, Op. 61
Watch Liang Wang perform at the Lyric - J.S. Bach Partita in A minor BWV 1013 for oboe solo
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ABOUT THE PERFORMERS: Liang Wang - Principal Oboe, New York Philharmonic Liang Wang joined the Philharmonic as Principal Oboe in September 2006; in February 2008 he performed Richard Strauss’s Oboe Concerto with the Orchestra in Hong Kong. Previously he was principal oboe of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Santa Fe Opera, and San Francisco Ballet Orchestra, and was guest principal oboe at the Chicago and San Francisco Symphony Orchestras. Born in Qing Dao, China, he studied at the Beijing Central Conservatory and at California’s Idyllwild Arts Academy. He received his bachelor’s degree from Philadelphia’s Curtis Institute of Music, studying with Richard Woodhams, and was a fellowship recipient at the Aspen Music Festival and School and at the Music Academy of the West. He has won awards at the Spotlight Competition of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, and the Pasadena Instrumental, Fernard Gillet International Oboe, and Tilden Prize competitions, and he has twice received the Los Angeles Philharmonic Fellowship. He has performed chamber music at the Santa Fe and Angel Fire Festivals; given master classes at the Cincinnati Conservatory; was on the oboe faculty of the University of California–Berkeley; and is currently on the faculties of the Manhattan School of Music and New York University.
Phil Myers - Principal Horn, New York Philharmonic Philip Myers joined the Philharmonic as Principal French Horn (The Ruth F. and Alan J. Broder Chair) in January 1980, and made his solo debut with the Orchestra that month in the premiere of William Schuman’s Three Colloquies for French Horn and Orchestra. He has since appeared as a Philharmonic soloist often, most recently performing Mozart’s Horn Concerto No. 2, conducted by Lorin Maazel, in New York in January 2008 and again in February 2008 in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, and Shanghai, China. Mr. Myers began his orchestral career in 1971 with a three-year term as principal horn of the Atlantic Symphony in Halifax, Nova Scotia. He was third horn with the Pittsburgh Symphony from 1974 until 1977. As principal horn of the Minnesota Orchestra for a season and a half, he made a solo debut with that ensemble in 1979, performing Richard Strauss’s Horn Concerto No. 1, Sir Neville Marriner conducting. A native of Elkhart, Indiana, Mr. Myers holds two degrees from Carnegie–Mellon University in Pittsburgh. He plays Engelbert Schmid French horns.
