Whitney Wang, Piano

Whitney Yiqian Wang is establishing herself as an insightful and sensitive pianist, currently signing with the KNS record label and receiving a performance invitation at the Carnegie Hall. She serves for CCM Preparatory as a Student Piano Instructor, also an MTNA Certified Teacher of Music and an MTNA Recreational Music Making Specialist.

Pianist Yiqian (Whitney) Wang was shortlisted for a wide range of influential awards throughout her music path. She was the First Prize Winner of the 2022 Golden Music Awards, International Competition, the 2022 London Young Musicians, the 2022 Toronto Rocky Mountain Music Competition, and the 2020 US International Music Open Competition (online edition). She was also a prizewinner of the Young Musician Competition “Citta di Barletta“, Markham Music Festival (Canada), Yangtze River Youth Piano Competition (China), Xi’an Conservatory of Music Piano Concerto Competition (China), Austria Lydia Liszt International Music Festival, and KAWAI Asia Piano Competition etc. In 2022, she participated in well-renowned music festivals includingTexas States International Piano Festival (Texas), Atlantic Music Festival (Maine), and Artciál International Piano Festival. Whitney has also been a beloved performer at many music venues. She was invited as a solo and chamber pianist for multiple concerts and workshops across Asia and North America. She made her debut at the Carnegie Hall for winning the 2022 "Golden Music Awards" International Competition. In 2019, she was invited as the gold medalist of Markham Music Festival to perform at Richmond Hill Centre for the Performing Arts. Her other performance venues including Xi’an Conservatory of Music Art Centre, Qujiang Concert Hall , Edward Johnson Building (Toronto, CA), and Strathcona Music Building (Montreal, CA) and Lorimer Chapel(Waterville, USA) etc. Her solo debut album “Romantic Soul” has published under the publisher of Central Conservatory of China（北京环球音像） 

Whitney is currently pursuing her bachelor's degree in piano performance at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music under the tutelage of Professor Awadagin Pratt. She was awarded CCM Honors Scholarship for 4 years and CCM Dean’s List for high academic achievement. Whitney started the journey of piano since she was 4 years old and made her debut at Xi’an Concert Hall at the age of 11. At the same year, she went to the pre-college of Xi’an Conservatory of Music as an honor student. By 14, Whitney got accepted by the Walnut Hill school for the arts, and then, moved to Toronto, Canada to further pursue her musical path with Professor Enrico Elisi. During school time, she served for CCM keyboard studies as a vocal accompanist, CCM Wind Ensemble Pianist, and the Recording Secretary for CCM-MTNA board.