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Xiao Dong Wang, Violin

Xiao-dong Wang was awarded First Prize in the Yehudi Menuhin Competition at age 13 and 15, also winning the juryï's special prize's for the best Bach and Elgar performances. His London debut featured the Prokofiev Violin Concerto No. 2 with Sir Yehudi Menuhin conducting the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. He also won the First Prize and the special Szymanovski Prize in the Wieniawski-Lipinski International Competition in Poland. Mr. Wang made his debut tour in the USSR with a recital in Moscow and three performances of the Brahms Violin Concerto.

A guest soloist of considerable experience, Mr. Wang has performed with orchestras around the world, including the Royal Philharmonic in London, the London Mozart Players, Adelaide, Perth, Queensland Symphony Orchestras, and Sydney Opera Orchestra. His recording credits include the Bartok Concerto No. 2 and Szymanowski Concerto No. 1 for Polygram Records with the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra. 

He has also appeared performing on both violin and viola in chamber music concerts at Lincoln Center, Kennedy Center, Aspen, Ravinia and in many other festivals and musical events worldwide. He is the Artistic Director and a founding member of the renowned chamber music group Concertante.

Mr. Wang began violin studies at age three with his father, concertmaster of the Shanghai Symphony. He later joined the Shanghai Conservatory with teacher Zhao Ji-Yang.  At Juilliard, he studied with renowned teachers Dorothy DeLay and Hyo Kang.