Su Meng

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Su Meng

Su Meng ( Chinese 苏 萌 ; born 1988 in Qingdao , Shandong , China ) is a Chinese classical guitarist .

Su started playing the guitar at the age of five. In 1997, at the age of eight, she began studying with Chen Zhi at the Central Music Conservatory in Beijing , China. From 2006 she studied with Manuel Barrueco at the Peabody Institute of Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore , USA, on a scholarship . There she did her master's degree.

Su played in a quartet with Wang Yameng, Li Jie and Chen Shanshan. She appears both as a soloist and in a duet with Wang Yameng in the Beijing Guitar Duo . Su teaches at the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts .

Awards

Su won over 20 first prizes in international competitions.

  • 2002: 1st prize at the Vienna Youth Guitar Competition
  • 2005: 1st prize at the 48th Tokyo International Guitar Competition
  • 2006: Winner of the 1st Christopher Parkening Young Guitarist Competition
  • 2006: Winner of the Iserlohn guitar competition
  • 2014: Maryland State Art Council's Individual Artist Award in Classical Solo Performance
  • 2015: Winner of the 4th Parkening Guitar Competition

Discography

  • Guitar Concert in Korea , Four Angels Quartet, 2006 (Alma Guitar)
  • Maracaípe , Beijing Guitar Duo (Meng Su & Yameng Wang) (2009), (2010 Latin Grammy nomination for Maracaípe by Sergio Assad)
  • Bach to Tan Dun , Beijing Guitar Duo (Meng Su & Yameng Wang) (2011)
  • CHINA-WEST , Manuel Barrueco & Beijing Guitar Duo (Meng Su & Yameng Wang) (2014)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Bio /. In: mengsu.com. Accessed May 31, 2020 (English).
  2. ↑ Meng Su. In: albertaugustine.com. Accessed May 31, 2020 (English).
  3. ^ Four Angels Concert in Korea 2006 - Almaguitar. In: almaguitar.com. Accessed May 31, 2020 (English).
  4. ↑ Home. In: beijingguitarduo.com. Accessed May 31, 2020 (Beijing Guitar Duo website).
  5. ↑ Su Meng plays at the beginning of the festival. In: ikz-online.de. July 20, 2018, accessed May 31, 2020 .
  6. ↑ 25th Guitar Festival Iserlohn 2016 & 7th International Guitar Competition Iserlohn 2016. In: www.guitarsymposium.de. Archived from the original on April 16, 2016 ; accessed on April 16, 2016 .
  7. ^ Past Competitions. In: arts.pepperdine.edu. Accessed May 31, 2020 (English).
  8. ↑ MP3s. In: tonarmusic.com. Accessed May 31, 2020 .
  9. ↑ CDs. In: tonarmusic.com. Accessed May 31, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Su, Meng
ALTERNATIVE NAMES 苏 萌 (Chinese)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION chinese classical guitarist
DATE OF BIRTH 1988
PLACE OF BIRTH Qingdao , Shandong , China