Yanan Wang

Yanan Wang is a Chinese violist who began her studies at the Middle School of the China Conservatory of Music in Beijing. In 2018, she moved to Europe and earned her Bachelor’s degree at the Mozarteum University Salzburg under William Coleman. She is currently pursuing a Master’s at the University of Music and Theatre Munich with Hariolf Schlichtig. 

Yanan has performed as a soloist with the University Orchestra Salzburg, including Mozart’s Clarinet Concerto KV.622 arranged for viola, and won Second Prize at the 2025 International Paul Hindemith Viola Competition in Munich. She has attended masterclasses with Nobuko Imai, Lars Anders Tomter, Antoine Tamestit, and Lawrence Power. A Yehudi Menuhin – Live Music Now Munich scholarship holder, she has received special prizes from Philharmonie Baden-Baden and Arosa Masterclass, was a member of the Mendelssohn Orchestra Academy Leipzig, and began her trial as Assistant Principal Viola with the Munich Radio Orchestra in 2025.