Biography
"Ethereal, held-breath delicacy." (Erica Jeal, The Guardian) “He articulates the canonic lines as if each emanated from its own piano: the aural equivalent of three-dimensional chess." (Jed Distler, Classics Today) Born in Hong Kong and based in Berlin, pianist Chiyan Wong has captivated listeners with his audacity, vision, and programmatic boldness, spanning a repertoire from the early Baroque to the 21st century. Gramophone Magazine praised his pianistic style and finesse as ‘”dazzling polish” and particularly commended “Wong's…

SWING!: Piano Concertos by Ravel and Tsfasman
SWING! is Chiyan Wong's first recording for Apple Music, comprising jazz-influenced music by Alexander Tsfasman and Maurice Ravel, in a collaboration with the London Symphony Orchestra and Christoph Koncz.

BACH - BUSONI: Goldberg Variations and other works
Following his critically acclaimed debut Liszt Transfigured: Operatic Fantasies for Piano, which won the 40th Liszt Ferenc International Grand Prix du Disque in 2018, Chiyan Wong returns to record his second album for Linn.
Alongside the piano music of Liszt, the music of Ferruccio Busoni has been a guiding light for the young, eclectic pianist.
Here Chiyan combines Busoni’s kaleidoscopic arrangement of Bach’s famous Goldberg Variations, which celebrates the powerful sonority and range of the modern concert grand, with Bach’s timeless original.
Chiyan’s ‘dazzling technical finish’ (Gramophone) and luxuriant sound are on full display in Busoni’s arrangement of Bach’s famous Chaconne, a classic in the genre. Inversion, mirroring and variations are also idiomatic devices in Busoni’s Sonatina ‘in diem Nativitatis Christi MCMXVII and Chiyan’s own ‘composition etude’, Inversion of Variation 15 (Canone alla quinta), which complete this one-of-a-kind programme.
25 / March / 2026
Piano Recital
Mittlerer Saal, Brucknerhaus / Linz
MENDELSSOHN: Auswahl aus: Lieder ohne Worte
TRADITIONAL/WONG: Mooning Brightly
JOBIM: Chega de Saudade
[Bearbeitung für Klavier von Chiyan Wong]
WONG: tch // 2025
DEBUSSY: Suite bergamasque L. 75 // 1890
BACH: ›Goldberg-Variationen‹. Aria mit verschiedenen Veränderungen für Cembalo mit 2 Manualen BWV 988 //
[Adaption für Klavier von Feruccio Busoni (BV B 35) mit Modifikationen von Chiyan Wong]