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Born in 1999 in Taiwan, Sophie Wang 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 gained international attention since she won the First Prize at International Louis Spohr Violin Competition in Weimar (2013). She has also been awarded First Prize at International Violin Competition Andrea Postacchini (2014), First Prize at International Paul Hindemith Violin Competition in Berlin (2011) and First Prize at International Wolfgang Marschner Competition in Freiburg (2010). Furthermore, she is winner of CHIMEI Museum & Culture Foundation Arts Award 2016 und 2017, the Carl Flesch-Prize and Ruth-Flesch Gedächtnispreis of Carl Flesch Academy Baden-Baden (2011).

Since making her debut in Festspielhaus Baden-Baden with Baden-Baden Philharmonic performing Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto at the age of ten, she has appeared in various concert halls such as Konzerthaus Berlin, Konzerthaus Dortmund, Festspielhaus Bregenz, Tonhalle Zurich, Shenzhen Concert Hall and National Concert Hall Taipei. As a soloist, she has performed with the Südwestdeutsche Philharmonie Konstanz, Staatskapelle Weimar, Duisburger Philharmoniker, Philharmonie Baden-Baden, Philharmonie Jena, Neue Philharmonie Frankfurt, Evergreen Symphony Orchestra, National Symphony Orchestra Taiwan (NSO), Südwestdeutsche Kammerphilharmonie Pforzheim, Zürcher Kammerorchester, Folkwang Kammerorchester Essen, Mitteldeutsche Kammerphilharmonie, Salzburg Chamber Soloists and Chaarts Chamber Artists.
Her recent engagements include Beethoven Violin Concerto with Duisburger Philharmoniker, Mendelssohn Violin Concerto with Folkwang Kammerorchester Essen, Brahms Double Concerto with the Evergreen Symphony Orchestra Taiwan and Vivaldi Four Seasons with Chaarts Chamber Artists.
Sophie Wang has been invited to music festivals such as Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival, Kronberg Academy Festival, Menuhin Festival Gstaad, Festspiele Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and Sion Festival and Krzyzowa-Music. In 2016, Sophie Wang made her Debut at SPANNUNGEN Heimbach Chamber Music Festival, which is artistically directed by Lars Vogt.Her chamber music partners include Jana Bouskova, Gustav Rivinius, Alexander Rudin and Antje Weithaas. Since 2018, she is supported by Mozart Gesellschaft Dortmund, associated with the Prize of Artur und Lieselotte Dumcke Stiftung. Futhermore, she is supported by CHIMEI Museum & Culture Foundation. She performs on a Camillo Camilli violin 1745 on a generous loan from CHIMEI Foundation.

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