Dr. I Fu Wang

Biography

I-Fu Wang is an Associate Professor of Violin at Michigan State University's College of Music. He began his musical training at the age of four in his native country, Taiwan. He received a scholarship to attend Interlochen Arts Academy and came to the United States at the age of thirteen to continue his secondary education. Wang enrolled as a student at the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, where he studied under renowned teachers including Ivan Galamian, Paul Makanowitzky, Jaime Laredo, and Felix Galimir. He is a member of the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra and the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, with performances across the United States and internationally. As a chamber musician, Wang has regularly performed at esteemed venues such as the Marlboro Music Festival, Kennedy Center Theater, and the Fontana Festival of Music and Art. He has also served as music director of the Renaud Chamber Orchestra and is the concertmaster of the Greater Lansing Symphony Orchestra. Many of his violin students have gone on to found major orchestras and teach in universities around the world.

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