Steinway Artist Shuai Wang is recognized internationally as an accomplished soloist, recitalist and chamber musician. She has performed extensively in major venues such as Lincoln Center, Merkin Hall, and Symphony Space in New York, the Kennedy Center and Phillips Collection in Washington D.C., the Dame Myra Hess Concert Series in Chicago, and the Gardner Museum in Boston. She appeared in prominent Concert Series such as Buffalo Chamber Music Society, Chamber Music Society of Detroit and Castle Concert Series in Hungary. She tours regularly throughout China and Europe, and has served as a guest artist at dozens of universities, conservatories and arts academies throughout the United States and abroad.
Dr. Wang performs frequently as a chamber musician with principal players and musicians from The Cleveland Orchestra, Philadelphia Orchestra, Dallas Symphony, Baltimore Symphony, National Symphony, Tucson Symphony, and Indianapolis Symphony. As a soloist with orchestra, she has appeared with the Cleveland Philharmonic Orchestra, Canton Symphony Orchestra, Tianjin Symphony Orchestra, Cleveland Institute of Music Symphony Orchestra, Heights Chamber Symphony, Suburban Symphony Orchestra, and the Cleveland State University Symphony Orchestra.
Dr. Wang has performed under the baton of Ton Koopman (The Cleveland Orchestra), JoAnn Falletta (Buffalo Philharmonic), Gerhardt Zimmermann (Canton Symphony), and Robert Moody (Columbus Symphony). She is also a devoted advocate for contemporary music, regularly commissioning, premiering, and performing works by living composers. She has recorded under the NAXOS (Margaret Brouwer Reactions and Shattered) and NAVONA Records (Greg D'Alessio Veil).
In the 2025-2026 season, Dr. Wang will perform the monumental piano solo work Incises by Pierre Boulez as part of the Boulez Centennial International Conference. She will perform Grieg Piano Concerto under the baton of Domenico Boyagian with the Suburban Symphony Orchestra. Dr. Wang will perform and teach masterclass at Central Washington University, and perform solo and chamber music in Washington D.C.
Born in Tianjin, China, she was the first prize winner at the National Piano Competition in China at the age of eight. With a full scholarship, she came to the United States to study piano at the Interlochen Arts Academy in Michigan. Her studies continued with training at the Cleveland Institute of Music where she subsequently earned dual master's degrees in piano performance and collaborative piano, as well as an artist diploma in collaborative piano and a DMA in piano performance. Her teachers and mentors have included Paul Schenly, Daniel Shapiro, Anita Pontremoli, and Sergei Babayan.
Dr. Wang is currently on the faculty of the Cleveland Institute of Music where she teaches piano and chamber music. She is the Artistic Director and founder of Chroma International Music Festival in Hungary.
