Linda Wang, Concertmaster and Soloist

Linda Wang is among the premier violinists of our time, consistently praised for her artistry, warm, singing tone and charismatic performances.

Since her debut with Zubin Mehta and the New York Philharmonic at the age of nine, Wang has performed concerti throughout the United States with orchestras in California, Colorado, Georgia, Idaho, Iowa, Missouri, Montana, Oregon, South Carolina, Arizona, Texas and Virginia. She has also been guest soloist with Sir Georg Solti and the Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival Orchestra, Salzburg Chamber Orchestra, Paris Sinfonietta, Germany’s Sächsische Kammerphilharmonie Dresden and Philharmonisches Orchester des Vogtland and The Czech Republic’s Southern Bohemian Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra, with whom she toured. In Asia, her appearances have included an enthusiastically received debut with the Phillipines Philharmonic Orchestra.

First prizes include the International Markneukirchen Instrumental Competition in Germany, the National Federation of Music Club’s Young Artists Auditions, the International Kingsville Competition, an award at the International Geneva Music Competition (CIEM), and the Waldo Mayo Award honoring New York’s best young performer.

Wang’s solo concerts have taken her to Carnegie Hall, Amsterdam’s Beurs van Berlage and the Berlin Schauspielhaus. Festivals in which she has performed or taught include Aspen, Norfolk, Savannah, Rocky Ridge, Canada’s Orford Centre d’Arts, Mexico’s San Miguel de Allende, Italy’s Festival of Two Worlds (Spoleto), Japan’s Okhust, England’s Aldeburgh Festival, the Holland Music Sessions and Austria’s Salzburg Festival.
Domestic and international audiences have seen Wang’s televised performances on PBS, Arts and Entertainment, Germany’s ZDF and Japan’s NHK, while radio broadcasts include NPR’s “Performance Today, WQXR (New York City), WFMT (Chicago), KMozart and KKGO (Los Angeles), MDR (Germany), Leipzig Rundfunk and Deutschland Radio, Berlin.

A native of New York City, now residing in Denver, Wang has studied at The Juilliard School (Pre-College Division) and the University of Southern California. Awarded a Fulbright Scholarship, she pursued advanced studies at the Salzburg Mozarteum. Her principal teachers have been Dorothy DeLay, Alice Schoenfeld and Ruggiero Ricci.
A dedicated teacher herself, Wang has taught at University of the Pacific’s Conservatory of Music, and is currently assistant professor of violin at University of Denver’s Lamont School of Music.

Wang performs on a 1767 J.B. Guadagnini.