Born in China, pianist Huanwen (Wendy) Wang showed her interest in Music in a very early age

and began her piano studies at the age of 6. She was multiple award winner before her first solo
recital at age of 12. After high-school, Wendy moved to Australia to further her study in piano
performance and received her BM from Sydney Conservatorium of Music. Then, She moved to
the United State to pursue the Master degree in Manhattan School of Music.
Beside performing solo and chamber music, Wendy is also passionate for a healthful
technique in keyboard playing. She complete a professional certificate program in the Injury-
Preventive Keyboard Technique at Salem College.
Currently, Wendy is a Doctorate of Musical Arts candidate at James Madison University-
School of Music.
 Piano sonata Op.111 is one of Beethoven's last piano works. The first movement is The
second movement opens with a beautiful and serenating arietta. The following variations are
evolving quickly into something else rather than what we usually see in a set of variation in the
Classical period. The idea of exploring elements of "Rhythmic Acceleration" in the second
movement was inspired by an old article by Wallace Berry, the author of "Rhythmic
Acceleration in Beethoven" in preparation to learn this masterpiece. Today, I would like to share
you my view on the different aspects of this movement and try to find out how did Beethoven set
this variation into a mixture of stillness and excitement.