Flutist Mingzhu Wang is an experienced orchestral player, chamber musician and soloist in the United States, China, Canada, Japan, Germany, and Austria. Born in Chengdu, China, Miss Wang grew up in a musical family. At age 10 she switched from piano to flute and began her studies with China’s first generation flutist, Professor Hongjun Zhang. In 2001, Miss Wang enrolled in the Shanghai Conservatory of Music, winning first place in the entrance examination. In July of 2005 she received a Bachelor of Art degree, winning the conservatory's most prestigious scholarship every academic year. While a student at the conservatory, Miss Wang, in 2004, won first place in the First National Flute Competition for Collegiate Artists, held by the Ministry of Culture of China and considered the most influential national flute competition in the People’s Republic of China since the country was founded in 1949. In 2005 Miss Wang moved to the U.S. and entered the Yale School of Music on a full scholarship, studying with renowned flutist Ransom Wilson.  She received a Master of Music in flute performance from Yale in May 2007.

Miss Wang has extensive experience as an orchestral musician.  Notable performances include principal flute in the final festival concert at the Colorado College Summer Music Festival (CCSMF) on July 1^st, 2008, and on October 15^th, 2006, she served as principal flute of the Yale Philharmonic Orchestra at Carnegie Hall with the world-renowned pianist Peter Frankl. In 2006 she was invited to play with one of the world’s top conductors, Seiji Ozawa, in the Ongaku-juku project in Japan, and from 2002 to 2005 she served as principal flute in the Shanghai Youth Symphony Orchestra, one of the two highest level professional youth orchestras in China.

As an accomplished chamber musician, Miss Wang has achieved a great deal at a young age. On June 30^th, 2008, she gave an acclaimed performance of Mozart’s Quartet in C Major in the Honors Concert at CCSMF, for which more than 40 professional groups competed. On December 15^th, 2005, Miss Wang joined Griffin Winds to perform the U.S. premiere of composer Trevor Gureckis’ The Machines of Loving Grace at Morse Recital Hall in New Haven, CT. In addition, she was a member of the contemporary chamber music orchestra of Shanghai Conservatory of Music in 2004, touring Austria and Germany.

Miss Wang is also a gifted soloist. On May 21^st, 2008, in a benefit concert at Yale University for the victims of natural disasters in China, Myanmar, and the American South, Miss Wang opened the concert with a moving solo performance of Chinese composer Mizi Tan’s Flute and Drum Under the Setting Sun. On April 21^st, 2006, she was selected to perform for President Hu Jintao of China during his visit to Yale. Other solo performances include the 2007 Beaux Concerts de la Releve at the Orford Music Festival in Canada, numerous recitals in Bartlett Arboretum & Gardens between 2006-2008, her Master’s degree recital at Yale University on April 9^th, 2007, and many Chinese events in Connecticut and New York City. 

On November 1st, Miss Wang played at Carnegie Hall with the Orchestra of St. Luke's.   She won the 2nd prize in the 8th INTERNATIONAL MUSIC COMPETITION FOR YOUNG PERFORMERS “Città di Chieri” in Italy on Nov 5th,  http://www.ccpiemontese.it/home_en/concorso/concorso.html,