“Cynthia Lee Wong is courteously bold and resolved to attain great success. She is determined to embrace not only the avant-garde audience but all classical enthusiasts or indeed all music lovers…Shamelessly beautiful is this music [of hers], free of all preconceptions of the old avant-gardists, entirely dedicated to the moment…” (Three Portraits, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra) - Süddeutsche Zeitung “[T]he piece evinced a sure-footed integrity, and Wong was an extraordinarily self-possessed, self-effacing soloist…” (Piano Concerto No. 2, New England Conservatory Youth Philharmonic Orchestra) - Boston Phoenix “The [Fugato] is full of explosions, dynamism and a dancing disposition. Written in a 'modern' musical language with free use of harmony, dissonance, and hard expressionism, it does not attempt to seduce us but rather to awaken us.” (Recorded by pianist Lilia Boyadjieva on her Around the Fugue CD. Available on www.naxos.com.) - Haris Vrondos, Composer “Surreally fascinating...” (Improvisation by new music ensemble Drunken Goat, with film composer Joel Diamond, narration and clarinet; Bayou Bennett, dance; Bob Desjardins, bass; and Cynthia Lee Wong, piano) - Village Voice * * * UPCOMING PERFORMANCES: Wong Stages, movement I Thursday, February 21, 2008 at 7:30 PM The Graduate Center, City University of New York 365 Fifth Avenue (at 34th Street) Cygnus Ensemble free admission * * * Wong Gernika / Guernica commissioned by Irantzu Agirre Saturday, February 23, 2008 at 5:30 PM Weill Recital Hall, Carnegie Hall Irantzu Agirre, harp For tickets, please click here. http://www.amazon.com/Around-Fugue-Bach/dp/B000L42JE0/ref=cm_cr-mr-img/104-6564879-1455150http://www.naxos.com/catalogue/item.asp?item_code=AR-0033-2http://www.carnegiehall.org/article/box_office/events/evt_10723.html?selecteddate=02232008shapeimage_1_link_0shapeimage_1_link_1shapeimage_1_link_2
 
 
Photography by George J. Kunze.
All music and drawings by Cynthia Lee Wong.
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