Featured Soloist: Linda Wang, violin
April 18 and 20, 2008

A native of New York City, now residing in California, Linda Wang is among the premier young violinists of our time, consistently praised for her artistry, warm, singing tone and charismatic performances. She makes her Boston debut at these concerts.

Since her debut with Zubin Mehta and the New York Philharmonic at the age of nine, she has performed throughout the United States with orchestras in California, Colorado, Georgia, Idaho, Iowa, Missouri, Montana, Oregon, South Carolina, 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 Philippines Philharmonic Orchestra.

Linda Wang's solo concerts have taken her to New York City's Carnegie Hall, Amsterdam's Beurs van Berlage and the Berlin Schauspielhaus. Festival appearances include those of Aspen, Norfolk, Savannah, 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.

Linda Wang studied at The Juilliard School (Pre-College Division) and the University of Southern California. Awarded a Fulbright Scholarship, she pursued advanced studies at the famed Salzburg Mozarteum. Her principal teachers were Dorothy DeLay, Alice Schoenfeld and Ruggiero Ricci. Currently, Ms. Wang serves on the faculty of the University of the Pacific’s Conservatory of Music, teaching violin and chamber music, as well as frequently performing as a member of the New Pacific Trio. She also continues as a Touring Artist of the California Arts Council.

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