Daugherty | Strut
Vivaldi | Four Seasons
Beethoven | Symphony No. 8
LINDA WANG is among the premier violinists of her generation, 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, Linda Wang has performed concertos throughout the United States with orchestras in California , Arizona, Texas , Georgia, Idaho, Iowa , Missouri, Montana, Oregon, Colorado, South Carolina, Alaska, New York, Massachusetts, Virginia and West Virginia collaborating with such conductors as Sir Georg Solti, Jorge Mester; JoAnn Falletta , Grant Cooper, Christian Tiemeyer, Peter Jaffe , Steven Lipsitt , Daryll One, Allan Scott, Stephen Gunzenhauser. In recital she has performed in over 40 states, and abroad her concerto performances include the Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival Orchestra, Salzburg Chamber Orchestra, Paris Sinfonietta, Germany's Sachsische 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 include a concerto debut in Taipei this season and enthusiastically received performances with the Philippines Philharmonic Orchestra.
Linda Wang's solo engagements have taken her to Carnegie Hall, Amsterdam's Beurs van Berlage and the Berlin Schauspielhaus. Festivals where she has taught or performed include those of 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 Linda 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. 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 (ClEM), and the Waldo Mayo Award.
A native of New York City, Linda Wang has studied at The Juilliard School, the Colburn School and the University of Southern California. Awarded a Fulbright Scholarship, she pursued advanced studies at the famed Salzburg Mozarteum. Her principal teachers have been Dorothy DeLay, Hyo Kang, Alice Schoenfeld and Ruggiero Ricci.
A dedicated teacher herself, Linda Wang is currently associate professor of violin and chamber music at University of Denver's Lamont School of Music, and has previously taught at University of the Pacific's Conservatory of Music. Also in demand as a masterclass clinician, Professor Wang has taught violinists at festivals and colleges throughout the United States.
Linda Wang performs on a 1767 J .B. Guadagnin.
