Larry Weng
piano (icarus Quartet)
Winner of the 2019 NYCA Worldwide Debut Audition and a laureate of the 2016 Queen Elisabeth International Piano Competition, Larry Weng has been described in The New York Times as playing with “steely power and incisive rhythm.” Of his 2014 New York debut at Weill Hall, the New York Concert Review described him as “an extremely sensitive musician and mature interpreter,” and “mature beyond his years.”
Larry has been featured in concert in France, Switzerland, Belgium, the Netherlands, China, Japan, Brazil, and Venezuela, and has performed in many of the world’s renowned halls, including Boston’s Symphony Hall, Weill Recital Hall, Merkin Hall, SubCulture, the Salle Cortot, the Sala São Paulo, Carnegie Stern Auditorium, and the Berlin Philharmonie Kammermusiksaal. An avid chamber musician and collaborator, Larry is a full-time member of the icarus Quartet.
Larry graduated from the highly selective joint degree program between Columbia University and The Juilliard School under the tutelage of Professors Jerome Lowenthal and Matti Raekallio. He continued his studies with Professor Boris Berman at the Yale School of Music, completing the doctoral program in 2019. During his time at Yale, Larry served as an instructor in undergraduate piano and secondary piano. As of the 2021-2022 academic year, Larry serves on the faculty of the Wake Forest University Department of Music.
