Sophie Wang has been shining on international musical scenes since making her debut in Festspielhaus
Baden-Baden at the age of ten. Born in 1999 in Taiwan, she received her first violin lesson at
the age of five. She studied under Rainer Kussmaul, Igor Ozim, Boris Kuschnir, Nora Chastain and
Pierre Amoyal. Currently, she studies in Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler Berlin with Ning Feng.
She has appeared in various concert halls such as Konzerthaus Berlin, Festspielhaus Baden-Baden,
Kurhaus Baden-Baden, Festspielhaus Bregenz, Tonhalle Zurich, Stadthaus Winterthur, Shenzhen
Concert Hall and National Concert Hall Taipei. As a soloist, she performs regulary among others with
the Südwestdeutsche Philharmonie Konstanz, Staatskapelle Weimar, Philharmonie Baden-Baden,
Philharmonie Jena, National Symphony Orchestra Taiwan (NSO), Südwestdeutsche Kammerphilharmonie
Pforzheim, Zürcher Kammerorchester, Mitteldeutsche Kammerphilharmonie, Salzburg Chamber
Soloists, Russische Kammerphilharmonie St. Petersburg, Philharmonischen Solisten Stuttgart.
Her chamber music partners include Jana Bouskova, Florian Donderer, Elisabeth Kufferath, Gustav
Rivinius, Alexander Rudin, Edicson Ruiz, Gabriel Schwabe and Antje Weithaas.
Sophie Wang is regularly invited to music festivals such as Schleswig-Holstein, Kronberg, Menuhin
Festival Gstaad, Internationaler Violinfestival Junger Meister, Salzburger Kammermusikfestival. In
2016, Sophie Wang made her Debut at Spannungen Heimbach Chamber Music Festival.
Sophie Wang gained international attention since she won the first prize of International Louis Spohr
Violin Competition Weimar (2013). She has also been awarded first prize at International Violin Competition
Andrea Postacchini Fermo (2014), first prize at International Paul Hindemith Violin Competition
Berlin (2011) and first prize at International Wolfgang Marschner Competition Freiburg (2010).
Furthermore, she is winner of CHIMEI Museum & Culture Foundation Arts Award 2016 und 2017 among
other. The film The Island of 1000 Violins (ARTE 2014) tells the story of her musical life and journey.
