“Zitong Wang is a rare case. She possesses not only many valuable qualities of a high class international pianist, but also a very special magnetism that captures the audience’s attention.” – Dang Thai Son

“She has an unusual talent and a spectacular projection.” – Pablo Galdo

“Her playing is full of color, imagination, emotional conviction and originality.” – Yuan Sheng

23-year-old Chinese pianist Zitong Wang made her solo recital debut at age 13 in Forbidden City Concert Hall in Beijing. She has performed at such venues as the Steinway Hall in New York, Verizon Hall in Philadelphia, Severance Hall in Cleveland, etc. She has appeared with the Philadelphia Orchestra, Cleveland Orchestra, New Jersey Symphony, Galicia Symphony Orchestra, Hangzhou Philharmonic, Yakima Symphony, and Waring Festival Orchestras. She has worked with conductors Jahja Ling, Xian Zhang, Lina Gonzalez-Granados, José Trigueros and Yang Yang.

Among others, she is a first-prize winner of the Rosalyn Tureck International Bach Competition and Virginia Waring International Concerto Competition, second prize in the Thomas and Evon Cooper International Competition, First prize in Princeton Festival Competition and France Music Competition. In 2021, she competed in the 18th Chopin Competition in Warsaw. She most recently won First Prize and “Nelson Freire Prize” for the best performer of a piece by Frederick Chopin in the XXXIII Ferrol International Piano Competition in 2022.

A devoted chamber musician, Zitong has played alongside with Meng-Chieh Liu, David Shifrin, Don Liuzzi, Zlatomir Fung, Vera Quartet, Zora Quartet, etc. She has toured with Roberto Díaz and musicians from Curtis. As an active member of Curtis 20/21 ensemble, she has worked with composers Unsuk Chin, Bright Sheng, David Ludwig, Alvin Singleton, and was invited by Bright Sheng to participate in the Intimacy of Creativity conference for composers in Hong Kong as a guest pianist. She has also been featured on WRTI and WHYY TV in Philadelphia. Interested in early music, Zitong studied harpsichord as secondary major at Curtis with Leon Schelhase, and was invited to by Maestro Trevor Pinnock to participate in a master class with himself and perform on antique harpsichords from the Flint Collection.

Born in Inner Mongolia, China in 1999, Zitong began piano lessons at age three and previously studied with Hua Chang and Yuan Sheng at the Central Conservatory of Music Affiliated Middle School in Beijing. She entered the Curtis Institute of Music in 2012 where she studied with Meng-Chieh Liu and Eleanor Sokoloff. Now graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree, she will be pursuing her Master’s Degree at New England Conservatory with Dang Thai Son.

In June of 2023, Zitong Wang concluded a marvelous China tour. Her brilliant performances in Beijing Concert Hall, Shanghai Oriental Art Center, Guangzhou Xinghai Concert Hall and Bay Opera of Shenzhen won great acclaim from critics and audiences. She participated Chamber Music Northwest of Portland, Oregon in July as one of the selected Protégé Project artists.