William WEI
Violin
Born in Taiwan, William began his violin studies at the age of five. He is a proud recipient of the Jerome L. Greene Foundation Scholarship at the Juilliard School, where he earned his Bachelor's degree under Hyo KANG. He is currently pursuing his Master's degree at the Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler in Berlin under Kolja Blacher, former concertmaster of the Berlin Philharmonic. William's recent highlights have included concert series, stepping in for violinist Shlomo Mintz in Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto in D Major with Eliahu Inbal, NSO with HU Nai-yuan and Ray CHEN, and Baden-Baden Philharmonic with Pavel Baleff. William plays on a 1761 Tomasso Balestrieri loaned from the Chimei Foundation in Taiwan.