{"id":138720,"date":"2017-09-09T23:25:39","date_gmt":"2017-09-09T22:25:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.geraldgarcia.com\/wordpress\/?p=138720"},"modified":"2018-11-02T22:36:54","modified_gmt":"2018-11-02T21:36:54","slug":"ard-finalist-kuang-junhong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/geraldgarcia.com\/?p=138720","title":{"rendered":"ARD Finalist Kuang Junhong"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-138726\" src=\"http:\/\/geraldgarcia.com.c51.previewmysite.eu\/WPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/Junhong_iserlohn-169x300.jpg\" alt=\"Junhong_iserlohn\" width=\"169\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/geraldgarcia.com\/WPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/Junhong_iserlohn-169x300.jpg 169w, http:\/\/geraldgarcia.com\/WPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/Junhong_iserlohn-72x128.jpg 72w, http:\/\/geraldgarcia.com\/WPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/Junhong_iserlohn-250x445.jpg 250w, http:\/\/geraldgarcia.com\/WPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/Junhong_iserlohn.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 169px) 100vw, 169px\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-138727\" src=\"http:\/\/geraldgarcia.com.c51.previewmysite.eu\/WPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/Junhong_GG_Iserlohn-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Junhong_GG_Iserlohn\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/geraldgarcia.com\/WPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/Junhong_GG_Iserlohn-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/geraldgarcia.com\/WPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/Junhong_GG_Iserlohn-128x96.jpg 128w, http:\/\/geraldgarcia.com\/WPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/Junhong_GG_Iserlohn.jpg 500w, http:\/\/geraldgarcia.com\/WPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/Junhong_GG_Iserlohn-250x188.jpg 250w, http:\/\/geraldgarcia.com\/WPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/Junhong_GG_Iserlohn-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>17-year-old <strong>Junhong Kuang<\/strong> is widely recognized as one of the greatest young talents in the world today. He began receiving professional training in classical guitar at the age of nine with Professor Xu Bao in Chengdu, China. Only two years later, he won first prize in the Thailand International Guitar Competition, and soon after he was awarded a prize for the best interpretation of a Spanish piece and also for his interpretations of Bach\u2019s &#8220;Chaconne&#8221; at the Iserlohn International Guitar Competition in Germany.<\/p>\n<p>I met <a href=\"http:\/\/www.junhongkuang.com\/#home\">Junhong<\/a> again last May in Baltimore, where he is studying with Manuel Barrueco.<br \/>\nBefore that, I had been teaching him on and off, and recorded his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Junhong-Kuang-Guitar-Recital\/dp\/B00PBSPJO8\/\">CD for Naxos<\/a> when he was 13 years old.<br \/>\nThis is the interview we did<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"584\" height=\"329\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YswhtzQ93Kk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\nI worked with him on his <a href=\"http:\/\/www.br.de\/ard-music-competition\/audio-video\/ard-competition-2017-on-demand-100.html\">ARD programme<\/a> in Iserlohn under the auspices of his former teacher, professor Xu Bao<\/p>\n<p>Here is his ARD semi final, playing Tedesco&#8217;s Quintet<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"584\" height=\"329\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Vy9gPrTnolQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>17-year-old Junhong Kuang is widely recognized as one of the greatest young talents in the world today. He began receiving professional training in classical guitar at the age of nine with Professor Xu Bao in Chengdu, China. 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