Shen Wang
Copyright: Gao Xiaochen
Biography
- WJX percussion group - founder
- China marimba association - Vice President
- Percussion educator - private
Shen learned piano at the age of 4 at school. As a student, he won several national youth Music Competition first prizes in China. He has recorded China's first keyboard Percussion album and went to Japan, France to perform the concert tour.
When he was 18 years old, he completed his percussion solo concert in Beijing music hall and was invited to visit Julia, Cleveland, the conservatory Curtis for a music audition, the same year was admitted to the United States with Dr. John Wooton at USM School of music, major in music performing and obtained the music degree scholarship. While studying in the United States, he performed with many of the world's most famous percussionists.
Shen is a master of percussion variety of playing techniques and insights of playing style and sound, the system and in-depth study of jazz percussion and improvisation, mallet percussion, marching percussion instruments, and steel drum playing, and world percussion.
Shen has played in PASIC, served as USM symphony orchestra, USM marching band, Hattiesburg steel drum orchestra. His playing style diversification has up to dozens of percussion techniques. As the first mainland China Marching Percussion major, he is currently the most comprehensive young Western percussion instrument performer in China.
Since the year 2000, Shen plays many percussion concerts in China every year and successful completion of a plurality of improvised percussion works with many artists and continues to explore the arts of percussion.
Country: China
Band: WJX percussion group
