Brittany Wang
Violin
A promising young concert artist, 12-year-old Brittany Wang is already receiving recognition for her musical maturity and exciting performances. She began her violin studies with Marko Dreher when she was 4 years old, and has since accumulated an impressive number of awards. She is also a student at The Phil and Eli Taylor Performance Academy for Young Artists at The Royal Conservatory of Music.
In 2022 she won 1st place at the Kiwanis Music Festival of Guelph, was awarded a scholarship, and was chosen for the OMFA provincial finals. In 2023, she won the Toronto Kiwanis Music Festival competition and again was chosen for the finals, and she was the national winner of the Canadian Music Competition (CMC). In 2024 she won firsts at the Kiwanis Festivals in Guelph and Peel, and was chosen for the OMFA provincial finals for her home town of Mississauga. In 2022, 2024, 2025 and 2026, she was accepted to and attended respectively the Harpa International Music Academy in Lakeside Chautauqua, Ohio, and the Vancouver Island Music Academy, where she won the concerto competition in 2025 and was a finalist in 2026. In 2025, she won 1st place at the Hamilton Music Festival (HMF), ARCT level, and represented the festival for the OMFA provincial final. In 2025, she was the Ontario winner at the CMC.
With the Cachinno String Quartet at the Burloak Academy of Chamber Music, Brittany won 1st place at the 2023 Unionville Music Competition.
The outstanding violin being used by Brittany Wang is a violin by J&A Gagliano of Naples c 1795 on extended loan through the generous efforts of the Stradivari Society of Chicago. In her spare time, she enjoys reading and drawing.
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