Wen-Sinn Yang
Cellist Wen-Sinn Yang has traveled to festivals and concert halls around the globe since winning the Geneva International Music Competition in 1991. He has been a member of several chamber music groups and is also an important educator.
Yang was born in Bern, Switzerland, to Taiwanese immigrant parents in 1965. He attended the Hochschule für Musik Zürich, studying cello with Claude Starck. Yang went on to the Hochschule für Musik in Berlin, where his principal teacher was Wolfgang Boettcher. He took master classes from János Starker and Wolfgang Boettcher. At 24, he became the principal cellist of the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, and he performed as a soloist with the group. In 1991, he scored a breakthrough with his win at the Geneva International Music Competition and began an international career. He also taught at the Hochschule für Musik in Saarbrücken, Germany, from 1995 to 1997, and in 1998, he was named artistic director of the Domleschger Sommerkonzerte in Thusis, Switzerland. Yang made his recording debut in 1999 on the album Music for Three on the Koch International label, joining violinist Martin Mumelter and pianist Werner Bartschi.
Yang has appeared with major orchestras, including the Shanghai Symphony, the NHK Symphony Orchestra in Tokyo, and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in London, performing under such conductors as Lorin Maazel, Mariss Jansons, and Wolfgang Sawallisch. He is known for his work in researching obscure 19th century cello concertos by the likes of Carlo Alfredo Piatti, Adrien François Servais, and Karl Davydov, and he also often programs modern works by such composers as Sofia Gubaidulina, Gordon Chin, and Isang Yun. In 2004 or 2005, Yang joined the faculty of the Hochschule für Musik und Theater in Munich, and he remained active there as of the mid-2020s. He has a substantial catalog as a soloist and chamber player of recordings on Arts Music, CPO, Oehms, and other labels. In 2023, he moved to the Onyx label for a recording of Mieczysław Weinberg's Concertino for cello and string orchestra, Op. 43bis, with the Jewish Chamber Orchestra of Munich.
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Sabaneev: Piano Trios (Ilona Then-Bergh, violin - Wen-Sinn Yang, cello - Michael Schafer, piano)
Klassik - Erschienen bei Genuin am 06.03.2012
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Vieuxtemps: Cello Concertos Nos. 1 & 2
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Klassik - Erschienen bei CPO am 30.12.2016
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Heinrich Hofmann - Complete Piano Chamber Music
Oliver Triendl, Nina Karmon, Stefan Fehlandt, Wen-Sinn Yang, Georg Arzberger
Klassik - Erschienen bei haenssler CLASSIC am 12.05.2023
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Damcke: Piano Trios Nos. 1 & 2 & Other Chamber Works
Ilona Then-Bergh, Michael Schafer, Wen-Sinn Yang
Kammermusik - Erschienen bei CPO am 04.11.2022
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Janáček: Chamber Works
Saschko Gawriloff, Wen-Sinn Yang, András Adorján, Gilead Mishory
Kammermusik - Erschienen bei Tudor am 04.09.2015
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Haydn: Die sieben letzten Worte unseres Erlösers am Kreuze - Mozart: Quartett KV 370
Hansjörg Schellenberger, Daniel Giglberger, Hariolf Schlichtig, Wen-Sinn Yang
Kammermusik - Erschienen bei Campanella Musica am 31.03.2014
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Le violoncelle à l'école de Paris
Kammermusik - Erschienen bei Oehms Classics am 16.07.2021
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The Soul of Russia
Ilona Then-Bergh, Wen-Sinn Yang, Michael Schafer
Kammermusik - Erschienen bei Genuin am 01.01.2021
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Popper: Cello Concertos 1-3
Wen-Sinn Yang, WDR Rundfunkorchester Köln, Niklas Willen
Klassik - Erschienen bei CPO am 02.09.2014
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Concertos
Simon Mulligan, Wen-Sinn Yang, The Royal Scottish National Orchestra, José Serebrier
Klassik - Erschienen bei Naxos am 01.09.2007
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Sax Allemande: Mendelssohn and Friends
Sax Allemande, Eric Terwilliger, Kirill Troussov, Wen-Sinn Yang
Kammermusik - Erschienen bei Farao Classics am 27.05.2014
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Reger: Clarinet Quintet in A Major, Op. 146 & String Sextet in F Major, Op. 118
Thorsten Johanns, Diogenes Quartet, Roland Glassl, Wen-Sinn Yang
Kammermusik - Erschienen bei CPO am 01.05.2020
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Luigi Boccherini: 4 Cello Concertos
Streicherakademie Bozen, Wen-Sinn Yang, Georg Egger
Instrumentalmusik - Erschienen bei Arts Productions Ltd am 07.11.2006
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Dotzauer: Duo for Violin and Cello, Op. 124
Klassik - Erschienen bei Prospero Classical am 05.03.2021
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Reimann: Per Violoncello e pianoforte ed arpa
Kammermusik - Erschienen bei wergo am 14.04.2017
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Paganini: Duet No. 1 for Violin and Cello
Kammermusik - Erschienen bei Prospero Classical am 26.02.2021
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Saint-Saëns, Lalo & Martin: Cello Works
Wen-Sinn Yang, Philharmonisches Orchester Gießen, Michael Hofstetter
Klassik - Erschienen bei Oehms Classics am 01.04.2016
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Handel, G.F.: Keyboard Suite No. 7 / 18 Pieces for A Musical Clock (Excerpts) / Crudel Tiranno Amor
Edgar Krapp, Sylvia Greenberg, Wen-Sinn Yang
Klassik - Erschienen bei Oehms Classics am 01.01.2006
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Haydn: Cello Concertos
Wen-Sinn Yang, Streicherakademie Bozen, Georg Egger
Klassik - Erschienen bei Oehms Classics am 01.02.2011
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Piatti: 12 Capricci Op. 25 for Cello solo
Kammermusik - Erschienen bei Arts Productions Ltd am 07.11.2006
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Davidoff: Cello Concertos Nos. 3 & 4
Wen-Sinn Yang, Shanghai Shimpony Orchestra, Terje Mikkelsen
Instrumentalmusik - Erschienen bei CPO am 29.06.2010
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