Junhong Kuang

Junhong Kuang

Classical Guitarist

Audience Prize ARD Music Competition 2017
IFP Music Prize ARD Music Competition 2017
2nd prize ARD Music Competition (1st vacant) 2017
1st prize Yale Gordon Concerto Competition 2016
1st prize Thailand International Guitar Competition 2011

 

 

"[Kuang] performs the Bach Chaconne with not only technical command, but with impressive understanding of the architecture of the piece."
American Record Guide

"…a new talent who stands out in an overcrowded world of young guitarists."
David’s Review Corner

Bio

As one of the most influential young musicians today, guitarist Junhong Kuang was selected as one of the ‘30 Brilliant Classical Musicians Under 30 ' by conductor Julian Lloyd Webber. He has worked with many conductors including Darrell Ang, Michael Francis, Tonu Kaljuste, Kevin Griffiths, Jed Gaylin, Nell Flanders, Chen Xieyang, Chen Lin, Yin Jiongjie Hu Yongyan, Zhu Qiyuan, Fu Renchang, and shared the stage with musicians: Manuel Barrueco, David Russell, Pepe Romero, Lv Siqing, Mei Diyang (Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra Principal Viola), and Zeng Yun (Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra Principal French Horn). He also works closely with composers Gerald Garcia and Wen Ziyang. In 2017, Kuang was awarded the top prize in the classical guitar category of the prestigious ARD Music Competition, along with the Audience Prize and the Ifp-Musikpreis, making him the youngest prizewinner in ARD’s history.

CDs

RODRIGO, J.: Concierto de Aranjuez / PONCE, M.M.: Concierto del sur (Junhong Kuang, Czech Chamber Philharmonic, Pardubice, Darrell Ang)

Rodrigo’s Concierto de Aranjuez is the most celebrated classical guitar work of the 20th century, music that conjures up the colour, sophistication and glories of eternal Spain. The founding father of Mexican music, Manuel Ponce, wrote his Concierto del sur for Segovia, and it is a work of vivid grandeur, Sevillian dances and melodic richness. To complete the programme, prize-winning international virtuoso Junhong Kuang plays a piece dedicated to him—Gerald Garcia’s China Sings!—a rhapsody inspired by two popular Chinese tunes.

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Junhong Kuang Guitar Recital

The exceptional young Chinese guitarist Junhong Kuang has made a remarkable impact on the international stage, receiving standing ovations at venues in New York (Carnegie Hall), Shanghai and Beijing for his flawless technique youthful optimism. Aged just 14 at the time of this recording, he won first prize in the Thailand International Guitar Competition in 2011 and first prize in the Yale Gordon Concerto Competition in 2016.

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Junhong’s performance of Tedesco’s “Quintet for Guitar and String Quartet” with the Novus Quartet in the ARD semifinals

Bayerischer Rundfunk Orchestra, “Concierto de Aranjuez” by Rodrigo

3-minute Interview with Junhong Kuang

Junhong’s performance of Rodrigo’s “Concierto de Aranjuez” in the ARD finals

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