Kaining Wang

17 year old Kaining Wang started playing piano when he was just 5 years old. He has been very fortunate to learn from three of Perth’s greatest piano Masters; for many years he was under the tutelage of Yoon Sen Lee, then from late 2019 he studied with Jana Kovar, and most recently Kaining studies with Graeme Gilling (Chair of Keyboard Studies at the UWA Conservatorium of Music).

Kaining has obtained AMEB AMusA and LMusA Diplomas, Certificate of Performance and ATCL associate diplomas - in the subject of piano (since 2014).

Kaining’s international performances and prizes include:

Third prize - W. A. Mozart Piano Competition -2020
Lugano, Switzerland. (Junior Category up to 18)

First prize - International Chopin Piano Competition - 2018
Szafarnia, Poland (10-13 Age Group)

Third prize Imola Awards International Piano Competition - 2016

International Piano Academy of Imola’s
Summer Music Festival (Italy) performance – July 2016.

Silver medal at the
American Association Development for the Gifted and Talented (AADGT) International Music Festival "Passion of Music 2014".

First prize at the Golden Key Music Festival Competition in New Jersey (2014)

Carnegie Hall performance - May 2014.

In late 2021, Kaining was selected to attend the XI International Tchaikovsky Competition for Young Musicians, which is one of the most prestigious global music competitions, known for accepting only the best partcipants.

Kaining’s local performances and prizes include:

Hale Foundation Academic and Music Scholarship (Hale School)

Top Prizes/ Performances in various recital and concerto sections in WA Pianists Competitions, South Suburban Eisteddfod, North of Perth Music Festival and Fremantle Eisteddfod since 2013

Performances with the Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra
MetSO – Perth in 2015, 2016, 2017 & 2021.

Besides playing the piano, Kaining also plays the cello.
He is currently a Year 12 student at Hale School.