Tianwa Yang

“Tianwa Yang captivated listeners from the stroke of the bow of the familiar theme. Her playing was characterized by determined precision and perfect intonation, but it wasn’t just that. In every note, every sequence, every moment, Yang’s concentrated energy was palpable. A tamed power that was unleashed with pinpoint accuracy and brilliant technique.”

With great sovereignty, uncompromising musical understanding and ravishing interpretations, Tianwa Yang has earned a place among the ranks of the leading violinists. The works of Wolfgang Rihm and Jörg Widmann as well as her work with contemporary composers are as close to her heart as the “classics” of J. S. Bach, Beethoven, Brahms, Prokofiev, R. Schumann and Tchaikovsky. Her profound preoccupation with music and her authentic playing, which is both at ease and electrifying, have been honored with numerous prizes. In 2022 she received the OPUS KLASSIK as “Instrumentalist of the Year”.

Tianwa Yang works with conductors such as Marc Albrecht, Francesco Angelico, Nicholas Collon, Christoph Eschenbach, Michael Francis, Giancarlo Guerrero, Jukka-Pekka Saraste, Clemens Schuldt and Jaap van Zweden. As a soloist she has performed with the WDR, MDR and hr radio orchestras, the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, the Dresdner Philharmonie, the Gürzenich-Orchester Köln, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, the orchestras in Detroit, Baltimore, Seattle, Vancouver, the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, NCPA Symphony Orchestra and Singapore Symphony Orchestra.

With her chamber music and recital programs, she performs at most important venues such as the Berlin Philharmonie, the Cologne Philharmonie, the Festspielhaus Baden-Baden, the Wigmore Hall London and the Lincoln Center New York, as well as at renowned festivals such as the Lucerne Festival, the Rheingau Music Festival, the Heidelberger Frühling, the Mozartfest Würzburg and the Festspiele Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. She is also a regular guest at the Wittener Tage für Neue Kammermusik, where she has premiered contemporary chamber works by composers such as Ramon Lazkano and Luca Francesconi.

In the course of her long-standing collaboration with the Naxos label, she has already produced several award-winning recordings, including the complete works for violin and orchestra by Wolfgang Rihm, the violin concerto and the double concerto by Johannes Brahms with the Deutsche Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, the six solo sonatas by Eugène Ysaÿe, the complete recording of the violin works by Pablo Sarasate, a CD with both of Mendelssohn Bartholdy’s violin concertos and Lalo’s Symphonie espagnole with the Barcelona Symphony Orchestra under Darrell Ang. In September 2021 she released her album featuring Prokofiev’s two violin concertos recorded with the ORF Radio Symphony Orchestra Vienna under Jun Märkl. And most recently, in June 2023, she released an album of George Antheil’s violin sonatas, recorded together with pianist Nicholas Rimmer.

Tianwa Yang thanks Lin Yaoji, Jörg-Wolfgang Jahn and Anner Bylsma, who have accompanied and significantly shaped her artistic development.

In addition to her concert activities, Tianwa Yang holds a professorship at the Würzburg University of Music since 2018.

Season 2025/26 | Photo: Andrej Grilc | Quote: WAZ Gelsenkirchen, December 11th, 2024
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Prioritized Concertos 26/27

Beethoven
Violin concerto D Major op. 61
Berg
Violin concerto Dem Andenken eines Engels
Britten
Violin concerto D minor op. 15 (50th death anniversary 2026)
Bruch
Scottish fantasy op. 46
Korngold
Violion concerto D major op. 35
Lalo
Symphonie espagnole op. 21
Prokofiev
Violin concerto No. 2 G minor op. 63
Rihm
Six works for violin & orchestra
R. Schumann
Violin concerto D minor WoO 23
Wolf-Ferrari
Violin concerto D major op. 26 (150th anniversary 2026)

Repertoire

J. Adams
Violin concerto

Barber
Violin concerto op. 14

Bartók
Violin concerto No. 2 Sz. 112

Beethoven
Romance No. 1 G major op. 40
Romance No. 2 F major op. 50
Triple concerto C major op. 56
Violin concerto D major op. 61

Berg
Violin concerto To the memory of an angel

Bernstein
Serenade for solo violin, string orchestra, harp and percussion

Brahms
Violin concerto D major op. 77
Double concerto A minor op. 102

Britten
Violin concerto D minor op.  15

Bruch
Violin concerto No. 1 G minor op. 26
Scottish Fantasy op. 46

Castelnuovo-Tedesco
Violin concerto No. 2 The Prophets

Chausson
Poème op. 25

Dvorak
Violin concerto A minor op. 53

H. Gál
Violin concerto G major op. 39

Glazunow
Violin concerto A minor op. 82

K. Hartmann
Concerto Funebre for violin and string orchestra

He Zhanhao & Chen Gang
Violin concerto The Butterfly Lovers

Hindemith
Kammermusik

Korngold
Violin concerto D major op. 35

Lalo
Symphonie Espagnole op. 21

F. Mendelssohn
Violin concerto D minor op. 58
Violin concerto E minor op. 64

Mozart
Violin concerto No. 1 B flat major K 207
Violin concerto No. 2 D major K 211
Violin concerto No. 3 G major K 216
Violin concerto No. 4 D major K 218
Violin concerto No. 5 A major K 219
Adagio E major K 261
Sinfonia concertante E-flat major K 364
Rondo C major K 373

Paganini
Violin concerto No. 1 D Major op. 6
Violin concerto No. 2 B minor op. 7
Moses fantasy

A. Piazzolla
The four seasons for solo violin and strings (arr. L. Desyatnikov)

Prokofiev
Violin concerto No. 1 in D major op. 19
Violin concerto No. 2 in G minor op. 63

Ravel
Tzigane rhapsodie de concert

W. Rihm
Gesungene Zeit 
Coll’Arco
Lichtes Spiel (Light Games)
Dritte Musik
Gedicht des Malers
Lichtzwang

A. Rontgen-Maier
Violin concerto D minor

M. Rozsa
Violin concerto op. 24

Saint-Saëns
Violin concerto No.3 B minor op. 61
Havanaise op. 83
La Muse et le Poet
Caprice Andula
Morceau de Concert
Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso op. 28

Sarasate
Complete works

Schostakowitsch
Violin concerto No. 1 A minor op. 77

R. Schumann
Fantasy C major op. 131
Violin concerto D minor WoO 1

Sibelius
Violin concerto D minor op. 47

R. Stephen
Music for violin and orchestra

Stravinsky
Violin concerto D major

Szymanowsky
Violin concerto No. 1 op. 35

Tchaikovsky
Violin concerto D major op. 35

Vivaldi
The four seasons op. 8

Vivaldi/Piazzolla
The eight seasons

R. V. Williams
The lark ascending

J. Widmann
Violin concerto No. 1

Wieniawsky
Violin concerto No. 2 D minor op. 22

Wolf-Ferrari
Violin concerto D major op. 26

Prioritized Concertos 26/27

Beethoven
Violin concerto D Major op. 61
Berg
Violin concerto Dem Andenken eines Engels
Britten
Violin concerto D minor op. 15 (50th death anniversary 2026)
Bruch
Scottish fantasy op. 46
Korngold
Violion concerto D major op. 35
Lalo
Symphonie espagnole op. 21
Prokofiev
Violin concerto No. 2 G minor op. 63
Rihm
Six works for violin & orchestra
R. Schumann
Violin concerto D minor WoO 23
Wolf-Ferrari
Violin concerto D major op. 26 (150th anniversary 2026)

Repertoire

J. Adams
Violin concerto

Barber
Violin concerto op. 14

Bartók
Violin concerto No. 2 Sz. 112

Beethoven
Romance No. 1 G major op. 40
Romance No. 2 F major op. 50
Triple concerto C major op. 56
Violin concerto D major op. 61

Berg
Violin concerto To the memory of an angel

Bernstein
Serenade for solo violin, string orchestra, harp and percussion

Brahms
Violin concerto D major op. 77
Double concerto A minor op. 102

Britten
Violin concerto D minor op.  15

Bruch
Violin concerto No. 1 G minor op. 26
Scottish Fantasy op. 46

Castelnuovo-Tedesco
Violin concerto No. 2 The Prophets

Chausson
Poème op. 25

Dvorak
Violin concerto A minor op. 53

H. Gál
Violin concerto G major op. 39

Glazunow
Violin concerto A minor op. 82

K. Hartmann
Concerto Funebre for violin and string orchestra

He Zhanhao & Chen Gang
Violin concerto The Butterfly Lovers

Hindemith
Kammermusik

Korngold
Violin concerto D major op. 35

Lalo
Symphonie Espagnole op. 21

F. Mendelssohn
Violin concerto D minor op. 58
Violin concerto E minor op. 64

Mozart
Violin concerto No. 1 B flat major K 207
Violin concerto No. 2 D major K 211
Violin concerto No. 3 G major K 216
Violin concerto No. 4 D major K 218
Violin concerto No. 5 A major K 219
Adagio E major K 261
Sinfonia concertante E-flat major K 364
Rondo C major K 373

Paganini
Violin concerto No. 1 D Major op. 6
Violin concerto No. 2 B minor op. 7
Moses fantasy

A. Piazzolla
The four seasons for solo violin and strings (arr. L. Desyatnikov)

Prokofiev
Violin concerto No. 1 in D major op. 19
Violin concerto No. 2 in G minor op. 63

Ravel
Tzigane rhapsodie de concert

W. Rihm
Gesungene Zeit 
Coll’Arco
Lichtes Spiel (Light Games)
Dritte Musik
Gedicht des Malers
Lichtzwang

A. Rontgen-Maier
Violin concerto D minor

M. Rozsa
Violin concerto op. 24

Saint-Saëns
Violin concerto No.3 B minor op. 61
Havanaise op. 83
La Muse et le Poet
Caprice Andula
Morceau de Concert
Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso op. 28

Sarasate
Complete works

Schostakowitsch
Violin concerto No. 1 A minor op. 77

R. Schumann
Fantasy C major op. 131
Violin concerto D minor WoO 1

Sibelius
Violin concerto D minor op. 47

R. Stephen
Music for violin and orchestra

Stravinsky
Violin concerto D major

Szymanowsky
Violin concerto No. 1 op. 35

Tchaikovsky
Violin concerto D major op. 35

Vivaldi
The four seasons op. 8

Vivaldi/Piazzolla
The eight seasons

R. V. Williams
The lark ascending

J. Widmann
Violin concerto No. 1

Wieniawsky
Violin concerto No. 2 D minor op. 22

Wolf-Ferrari
Violin concerto D major op. 26

Eugène Ysaÿe’s Violin Sonata No. 4 in E minor, Op. 27, live at the Xinhai Concert Hall in Guangzhou, China, on October 11, 2024.

Lalos Sinfonía española (Intermezzo) bei der OPUS Klassik Gala 2022 – Live Mitschnitt (© 2021 Naxos En Español)

J. S. Bach Violin Sonata No. 2 A minor: III Andante

Jörg Widmann – Étude No. 6

Paired to perfection – Tianwa Yang plays Prokofiev Violin Concertos

Tianwa Yang on the last 15 years and beyond as a Naxos recording artist

Interview and Portrait “NiHao Germany”