Twin sisters Susan and Sarah Wang have appeared on stage as a piano duo team at Cooper Union, Weill Recital Hall, Alice Tully Hall, and Steinway Hall in New York City. Although based in the New York area, they have also performed in Michigan, New Jersey, Vermont, Florida, South Carolina, Maine, Illinois, New York, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Poland, and Canada. Currently the sisters are actively performing and competing as a two-piano team as well as performing solo and chamber music. |
SUSAN WANG
| SARAH WANG |
Susan and Sarah were born and raised in Ridgewood, New Jersey. They began piano and violin studies at the age of seven and pursued both instruments until their senior year in high school. During that time, they studied piano with Dmitri Rachmanov and violin with Vladimir Zyskind at the Manhattan School of Music Preparatory Division. Susan and Sarah attended the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor to study piano with Dr. Louis Nagel; they received their Bachelor degrees in piano performance in 2005 with highest honors. In May 2007 they completed their Masters degrees in piano performance at Manhattan School of Music with Dr. Marc Silverman. They are currently studying at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater Rostock with professors Hans-Peter and Volker Stenzl in an artist program for duo-piano. |
| The duo team has had private coachings and masterclasses with John O’Conor, Christopher Harding, Franklin Larey, Katherine Collier, Philip Bush, Seta Tanyel, Angela Cheng, Alvin Chow, Irina and Julia Elkina, Peter Basquin, Frank Levy, Deirdre O’Donohue, Jeffrey Cohen, Hans-Peter and Volker Stenzl, Alexander Braginsky, and Golda Vainberg-Tatz among others. Music festivals they have participated in include Adamant Music School in Vermont, the International Keyboard Institute and Festival in New York, the Quebec International Duo Piano Festival in Montreal, the Vitaly Margulis Masterclasses in Freiburg Germany, the Bowdoin Summer Music Festival and the Bard Music Festival. |
| Orchestral appearances include the Carnival of the Animals by Saint-Saens with the Atlantic Classical Orchestra under Maestro Stewart Robertson, the Bruch Concerto with the Florida Classical Symphony Orchestra under Maestro Stewart Robertson, the Poulenc Two Piano Concerto with the University of Michigan Symphony under Kenneth Kiesler and the Mozart Two Piano Concerto with the Manhattan School of Music Preparatory Philharmonic under James Sadewhite. Susan and Sarah have also given outreach performances in Ridgewood, New Jersey and Ann Arbor, Michigan. |
In March 2008, Susan and Sarah won 2nd prize in the prestigious Murray Dranoff International Two Piano Competition. They have also competed in the 4th International Piano Duos Competition in Bialystok, Poland (3rd Prize), the Ellis National Duo Competition (2nd Prize), the University of Michigan Concerto Competition (1st Prize), and the Murray Dranoff Junior International Two Piano Competition (1st Prize.) They were also recipients of the Valerie B. Schwartz Grant of the Salon di Virtuosi in 2001 and numerous scholarship awards at the University of Michigan. |
Biography
Designed by Susan Wang
Updated January 12, 2009
Updated January 12, 2009
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If you are interested in "Music for Two",
an educational outreach program we
offer about piano duet music designed
for elementary school children, please
contact Sarah at
info@wangpianoduo.com
an educational outreach program we
offer about piano duet music designed
for elementary school children, please
contact Sarah at
info@wangpianoduo.com