黃蔚然
Vanessa Wong
鋼琴 Piano
年青鋼琴家黃蔚然出生於香港，是一位施坦威青年藝術家，她以一級榮譽畢業於香港演藝學院獲學士學位，並獲頒香港賽馬會音樂及舞蹈信託基金奬學金入讀美國約翰霍普金斯大學音樂學院並獲碩士學位，其後再獲美國耶魯大學以全額獎學金錄取深造，修畢藝術家文憑,。曾師隨郭嘉特教授; 許寧老師; Prof. Boris Slutsky和 Prof. Boris Berman。蔚然亦是馮秉芬夫人及亞洲文化協會獎學金得主。
蔚然曾在香港及多項國際鋼琴比賽中屢獲殊榮，為澳洲新南威爾斯國際鋼琴比賽歷屆最年輕的冠軍;美國第十七屆希爾頓國際鋼琴比賽亞軍及於巴西里約熱內盧第二屆BNDES國際鋼琴大賽中榮獲奴韋斯特別獎。蔚然亦曾是第七屆霍洛維茲國際鋼琴大賽最年輕的冠軍得主並同時獲五項特別獎。
蔚然曾於多個地方舉行獨奏會，其中包括第三十九屆香港藝術節獨奏會, 第四十六屆香港藝術節鋼琴音樂會及美國紐波特國際音樂節舉行開幕獨奏會;荷蘭阿姆斯特皇家音樂廳「年輕音樂家巡演」; 新加坡國立大學獨奏會及紐約卡內基音樂廳室樂演奏會等。蔚然曾與多個樂團合作，包括香港管弦樂團、香港小交樂團、香港愛樂室樂管樂團、汕頭愛樂團、澳門樂團、美國希爾頓交響樂團、耶魯大學交響樂團、烏克蘭國家交響樂團、以色列新海法交響樂團及香港兒童交響樂團等。
黃氏曾獲香港政府頒發「傑出服務嘉許獎」，以表揚她對香港的文化藝術的積極推廣及參與國際文化藝術活動成績優異。
A Hong Kong born young pianist and a Young Steinway Artist, Wong Wai Yin Vanessa obtained her Bachelor of Music degree with First-class honours from The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts and was awarded a full scholarship by the Hong Kong Jockey Club Music and Dance Fund to pursue a Master Degree at the Peabody Conservatory of Johns Hopkins University. Later on, she was awarded a full scholarship by the Yale University School of Music and obtained the Artist Diploma. Her teachers include: Prof. Gabriel Kwok; Hui ling; Prof. Boris Slutsky and Prof. Boris Berman. She was also the recipient of the Lady Fung Scholarship as well as the Asian Cultural Council Scholarship.
She has been the recipient of international awards including the First Prize Winner of the Southern Highlands International Piano Competition in Australia, Second Prize Winner of the 17th Hilton Head International Piano Competition in USA, the “Guiomar Novaes Award” in the BNDES International Piano Competition of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil. The Gold Medal winner in the 7th International Competition for Young Pianists in Memory of Vladimir Horowitz held in Ukraine including five special prizes.
She has given recitals in places including solo recital and piano concert at the 39th and the 46th Hong Kong Arts Festivals, the Opening Recital of the Newport International Festival in USA; ‘New Masters on Tour’ series in Concertgebouw of Amsterdam; solo recital at the Singapore National University and give masterclasses as a visiting scholar ; chamber concert in the Carnegie Hall of USA and piano recitals in Brisbane; Canberra; Bowral; Paris; New York; Washington D.C.; Chicago and Shanghai, etc.
Wai Yin has also collaborated with the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra; Hong Kong Sinfonietta; Hong Kong Wind Philharmonia; Hilton Head Symphony Orchestra; Yale Philharmonia in USA; National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine in Kiev; New Haifa Symphony Orchestra in Israel and Hong Kong Children Symphony Orchestra.
She was awarded a Certificate of Commendation by the Hong Kong Government in recognition of her outstanding achievements in the promotion of international arts and culture activities.
