Bing Wang

First Violin
Associate Concertmaster

Violinist BING WANG joined the Los Angeles Philharmonic as Associate Concertmaster in 1994 at the age of 26, becoming the first Chinese violinist to hold such a prestigious position.
 
As a soloist, Wang has won critical praise for her appearances with the Los Angeles Philharmonic. In September 1997, during the Philharmonic’s celebration of the Brahms anniversary year, Wang performed the composer’s Double Concerto with Philharmonic Assistant Principal Cellist Ben Hong, and in August 1999 she performed Bach’s Double Concerto at the Hollywood Bowl with Alexander Treger under the direction of Esa-Pekka Salonen. Wang appears annually as both concertmaster and soloist at the Hollywood Bowl under the baton of composer John Williams, performing his signature movie classics such as Schindler’s List and Fiddler on the Roof. In addition, Wang has been featured as the soloist with the Cincinnati Symphony, the Manhattan Symphony, and other various local orchestras. She has appeared regularly as a soloist with the American Youth Symphony since her debut with that orchestra in 1997. In April 2002, she gave her first appearances in China since emigrating to the U.S., performing as a soloist and touring with her hometown orchestra, the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra. Bing Wang made her Walt Disney Concert Hall concerto debut in May of 2005.
 
Active as a chamber musician, Wang has collaborated with such distinguished artists as Lang Lang, Pinchas Zukerman, Emanuel Ax, Jean-Yves Thibaudet, Olli Mustonen, and former Beaux Arts Trio members Ida Kavafian and Peter Wiley, among others. Chamber music appearances have included the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris, the Palais des Beaux Arts in Brussels, and the Sans Souci Palace in Germany. She also performs regularly on the Philharmonic’s Green Umbrella and Chamber Music Society series.
 
Wang began studying the violin with her parents at the age of six. She entered the middle school of the Shanghai Conservatory of Music, where she was concertmaster of the school orchestra and graduated with the highest honors. After coming to the United States to study with Berl Senofsky on a four-year scholarship at the Peabody Conservatory, Wang received her Master’s degree from the Manhattan School of Music, where her teacher was Glenn Dicterow, Concertmaster of the New York Philharmonic. In 1991, Wang joined the Cincinnati Symphony and became Principal Second Violin of that orchestra in January 1993.

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