Zitong Wang

Zitong Wang's authenticity, bravura and sensitivity have enchanted audiences over the years, particularly so at the 19th International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition (2025) where she claimed the Bronze Medal and the Krystian Zimerman Award for Best Performance of a Sonata.

In her most recent seasons, she has taken the stage of prestigious venues, including the Berlin Philharmonie, Munich Prinzregententheater, Warsaw Philharmonic, Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre, Seoul Arts Center, National Center for the Performing Arts (Beijing), Polish Baltic Philharmonic in Gdańsk and the Shanghai Symphony Hall, among others, where her performances won ardent reception.

As a concert pianist, she’s shared the stage with major orchestras – such as the Philadelphia Orchestra, Cleveland Orchestra, Warsaw Philharmonic, Galicia Symphony, Sichuan Symphony and Hangzhou Philharmonic Orchestras, as well as the New Jersey Symphony, NEC Philharmonia (Boston), Polish Baltic Philharmonic, and Amadeus Chamber Orchestra of Polish Radio. She’s had successful collaborations with renowned conductors, including Jahja Ling, Xian Zhang, Antoni Wit, Andrzej Boreyko, Anthony Hermus, Lina Gonzalez-Granados, Hugh Wolff, Daniel Smith, Darrell Ang and Yang Yang.

Not just a soloist par excellence, she’s also an active chamber musician, performing with eminent artists including David Shifrin, Roberto Díaz, Soovin Kim, Gloria Chien, as well as ensembles such as the Isidore Quartet, Curtis Ensemble 20/21. She was selected as a Protégé Project Artist at the Chamber Music Northwest in Portland, Oregon, where her performances received wide recognition. She also interprets contemporary music, working closely with prominent composers like Unsuk Chin, Bright Sheng, David Ludwig and Alvin Singleton.

Born in a family of piano educators, Wang is pursuing her graduate degree with Dang Thai Son at the New England Conservatory in Boston. At an early age, she studied with Hua Chang and Yuan Sheng at the Central Conservatory of Music. Entering the Curtis Institute of Music with full scholarships, she was mentored by Meng-Chieh Liu and the late Eleanor Sokoloff. Almost becoming a harpsichordist, she studied historical performance practice as a secondary major with Leon Schelhase and took a philosophy course at the University of Pennsylvania. This affinity led to an invitation from Trevor Pinnock to perform on original harpsichords from the antique Karen Flint Collection.

Prior to the 19th International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition, she took Sixth Prize and the Special Prize for the Performance of Contemporary Works at the 64th Ferruccio Busoni International Piano Competition (2023). She also received First Prize in the 33rd Ferrol International Piano Competition and the “Nelson Freire Prize” for the best performer of a piece by Chopin (2022).

Her artistic interpretation was not limited to competitions, with broadcast appearances on Deutsche Grammophon Stage+, Medici TV, Amadeus TV, WRTI, WHYY TV and All Classical Radio. Her performances from the 19th International Fryderyk Chopin Competition are featured on an album realized by the Fryderyk Chopin Institute as part of its Blue Series of competition recordings in 2026.