LINDA WANG, Violin

Violinist Linda Wang is among the premier young violinists of our time, consistently praised for her artistry, warm, singing tone and charismatic performances.  Since her solo debut with the New York Philharmonic under Zubin Mehta at the age of nine, Ms. Wang has been captivating audiences and critics in concerts through out the United States, Europe, and Asia in recital and with orchestra.  In the United States she has performed with orchestras in California, Colorado, Georgia, Idaho, Iowa, Missouri, Montana, Oregon, South Carolina, Texas, and Virginia. 

Internationally, she was the guest soloist with Sir Georg Solti and the Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival Orchestra, Salzburg Chamber Orchestra, Paris Sinfonietta, Germany’s Sächsische Kammerphilharmonie Dresden, Philharmonisches Orchester des Vogtland and The Czech Republic’s Southern Bohemian Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra, with which she toured.  In Asia, her appearances have included an enthusiastically received debut with the Philippines Philharmonic Orchestra.   Her many festival appearances include those of Spoleto, Aldeburgh, and Salzburg. 

Domestic and international audiences have seen her televised performances on PBS, Arts and Entertainment, Germany’s ZDF, Japan’s NHK, while radio broadcasts include NPR’s “Performance Today,” WQXR (New York City), WFMT (Chicago), Kmozart and KKGO (Los Angeles), MDR (German), Leipzig Rundfunk, and Deutschland radio, Berlin.

Ms. Wang won first prize at the International Markneukirchen Competition in Germany, the NFMC Young Artist Auditions, and the International Kingsville Competition in Texas.  Other honors include winning an award at the International Geneva Music Competition (CIEM), and the Waldo Mayo Award honoring New York’s best young performer.

After studying at The Juilliard School and the University of Southern California, Ms. Wang was awarded a Fulbright scholarship and pursued advanced studies at the famed Salzburg Mozarteum.  Her principal teachers include world renowned instructors such as Dorothy DeLay, Alice Schoenfeld, and Ruggiero Ricci.

Recently Ms. Wang served on the faculty of the University of the Pacific’s Conservatory of Music, teaching violin and chamber music and recently became a professor of violin at the University of Denver’s Lamont School of Music.  She frequently performs as a member of the New Pacific Trio and continues as a touring artist of the California Arts Council. 

Ms. Wang makes her debut with Maestro Scott and the HelenaSymphony performing the Prokofiev’s Second Violin Concerto.  She performs on a J.B. Guadagnini violin built in 1767.