HUANG Hung-wei
Viola
Born in Taipei, Taiwan, violist HUANG Hung-wei joined the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra as Principal Viola in February 2021. In 2002 HUANG became the youngest-ever principal viola of the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, going on to play with the Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra and the New York Philharmonic. He has served as guest principal viola of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, and London Philharmonic Orchestra.
HUANG has performed chamber music at Carnegie Hall, Alice Tully Hall, Boston’s Jordan Hall and the Kennedy Center and at the Marlboro, Santa Fe, and Great Mountain Festivals. He has collaborated with Joshua Bell, CHUNG Myung-wha, Lang Lang, Yo-yo MA, Anne-Sophie Mutter, Paula Robison and Mitsuko Uchida, as well as members of the Guarneri, Juilliard, and Orion string quartets.
HUANG served as guest professor of viola and chamber music at the Korea National University of Arts, and his students are members of professional orchestras around the world.