Flight88: Tyler Song and Nikki Wei
Schedule
Tue, 20 Jan, 2026 at 06:30 pm
UTC-05:00Location
1660 Blue Rock St, Cincinnati, OH, United States, Ohio 45223 | Cincinnati, OH
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Free Entry with a recommended donation of $10-20
Tyler Song, clarinet
Nikki Wei, piano
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Die Vögel - Im Frühling - Die Krähe
Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
arr. Tyler Song (b. 1998)
Abîme des oiseaux
Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992)
Cacophony for Solo B-flat Clarinet and Delay Pedal
Jenni Brandon
-Intermission-
Légende No. 1
Franz Liszt (1811-1886)
Carmen Fantasie
Pablo de Sarasate (1844-1908)
arr. Nicolas Baldeyrou (b. 1979)
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Chinese-Canadian clarinetist Tyler Song has performed with the National Arts Centre Orchestra, the Columbus Indiana Philharmonic, the Kentucky Symphony Orchestra and is an alumnus of McGill University and the University of Cincinnati. Tyler was named one of CBC Radio’s 2020 “30 Canadian classical musicians under 30” after his performance of Mozart’s Clarinet Concerto with the McGill Symphony Orchestra was praised for its “enormous sensitivity” and “beauty of tone production and timbre”. His belief that music needs to resonate with a broader audience led him to co-found performing arts organisation Soirée in 2024. Offstage, Tyler enjoys playing tennis.
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Pianist Nikki Wei is known to have a powerful, yet thoughtful approach to making music, while
communicating sensitivity and warmth through a diverse range of classical and modern
repertoire.
Wei’s origins are culturally diverse. Born in Sydney, she also lived in Singapore, Xi’an, Beijing
and Shanghai as a child. She has studied with teachers all over the globe, including Wu Yuan in Beijing, Zhou Fan in Shanghai, and Glenn Riddle in Australia.
Wei received her Bachelor of Music degree from Monash University under the tutelage of Kenji Fujimura. She then moved to Toronto, where she accepted a full scholarship to study with renowned artist John Perry and David Louie in the Artist Diploma Program at The Glenn Gould School of The Royal Conservatory of Music. She received her Master of Music in Piano Performance from University of Toronto under the guidance of Enrico Elisi. Wei is currenting pursuing her Doctor of Musical Arts at University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, she studied with Awadagin Pratt, and is now studying with Polina Bespalko.
Nikki Wei has received numerous awards and has performed extensively world-wide. Notable
awards include: first place at The Internationaler Klaviersommer Cochem, first place at The
South Eastern Music Festival, winner of Jascha Spivakovsky Piano Competition, and a Finalist
of Lev Vlassenko Piano Competition. Wei was also featured in a soon-to-be-released
documentary detailing the life of Grammy nominated artist Awadagin Pratt.
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Instagram: @tylersong
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