Biography of Jiaqi Wang

Jiaqi Wang was born in Beijing, China on September 3, 1999. Now, he is a second-year MM composition student at the University of Missouri - Kansas City, where he studies composition with Dr. Zhou Long, Dr. Chen Yi, and Dr. Paul Rudy. He began to study composition when he was 12 years old. He entered the Central Conservatory of Music Middle School in China in 2012, and studied composition with Professor Du Yong and Professor Chen Changfeng. Then at the age of 18, he entered New England Conservatory to study composition with Canadian & American composer Kati Agocs. He graduated from the New England Conservatory of Music in May 2022.
 

Throughout his composing career, he has composed music of different instrumentation and genres, from solo to symphonic orchestra. His has won international awards, including the first prize in the 10th International Antonín Dvořák Composition, the 27th Young Musician International Competition 'Città di Barletta', and the 3rd prize in The New Symphony Vienna International Composers Competition. He has also won the Missouri Composer Project, the Donald Martino Award for Excellence in Composition at NEC, and the Balourdet String Quartet Composition Competition at NEC. In addition, many of his compositions have been selected for public performance by professional ensembles and orchestras, such as the Lithuania Mettis Quartet, Columbia Civic Orchestra, Exponential Ensemble, Barcelona Modern Ensemble, Corvus Saxophone Quartet, Volker Brass Quintet, New York S.E.M Ensemble, Atlantic Music Festival Chamber Ensemble, UMKC Percussion Quartet, Balourdet String Quartet, etc.
 

When he composes music, he pays attention to expressing his inner feelings and his heartfelt resonance with the hearts of the audience. His ideal for music is to bring happiness, joy, and love to the hearts of others.