April 29th, 2023

7:00 pm

First Baptist Roswell

710 Mimosa Blvd, Roswell GA 30075

Lauded as “a huge talent [with] hidden power and amazing maturity” (Bart van Oort), Taiwanese-American harpist Noël Wan (1994) made her international debut in 2010, performing Alberto Ginastera’s Harp Concerto with the Utrecht Symphony Orchestra. She has concertized across North America, Europe, and Asia and has been featured as a soloist at Carnegie Hall, Eslite Hall, the Muziekgebouw, the Yellow Barn Summer Music Festival, and on NPO Radio 4’s Spiegelzaal. She can be heard on her solo album The Secret Garden (2010); with the Illinois Modern Ensemble on Dmitri Tymoczko’s album Fools and Angels (2018, Panoramic/New Focus); and forthcoming recordings of contemporary ensemble works by Tymoczko and John Liberatore.  An international award-winning harpist, Dr. Wan is the Gold Medalist of the 12th USA International Harp Competition and First Prize Winner of the 2010 World Harp Competition. Other distinctions include Grand Prize in the 2014 Carmel Music Society Instrumental Competition; and Second Prize in the 2021 Orford Music Award, 2015 Korea International Harp Competition, and 2013 Nippon International Harp Competition. Furthermore, her artistic work has been generously supported by the Presser Foundation, Chimei Arts Foundation, and Ontario Arts Council.

Dr. Wan is an alumna of the University of Illinois (BM, DMA) and the Yale School of Music (MM). As a scholar, she has written and presented on topics of performance practice, ecocriticism, affect theory, new materialism, feminism, and race. Since 2022, she has served as the Assistant Professor of Harp and Entrepreneurship at Florida State University.

Purchase tickets at https://www.ahsga.com/noel-wan-recital