Tour of China
February 25-28, 2021
A Symphonic Odyssey
January 26-27, 2025
Hong Wang
Erhu and Chinese Wind Instruments Soloist
Hong Wang is the founder of the MELODY OF CHINA ensemble in the San Francisco area; co-founder of the PANGEA PROJECT; Music Director of the National Music Campaign Revival of the China Record Group, National Concert Hall and Beijing’s China Music House; and a Music Researcher for the China Conservatory of Music. He has been a multi-instrumentalist for the studio recordings of many films, TV episodes, games and music productions, including eight episodes of the animated TV show, Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness, and 60 episodes of The Legend of Korra.
As a touring musician, Hong Wang has performed with Berlin Philharmonic, San Francisco Symphony, California Symphony, Neubrandenburg Philharmonic, Philharmonisches Orchester Freiburg, Fremont Symphony, Shanghai Broadcasting Symphony and more. As multi-instrumentalist, he has worked with the Lincoln Center Arts Festival, Spoleto Festival, Luminato Festival (Canada), Amsterdam Music Festival (Holland), Kochi Arts Festival (Japan), Tanz Festival (Germany), Letni Festival (Poland), New Music Festival (Belgium), Monterey Jazz Festival, San Francisco Jazz Festival, SF World Music Festival and more.
In 2023, he was invited by Netflix to play various Chinese instruments for the first season of Avatar: The Last Airbender and was recently invited to record for the second season of Avatar. In 2024, he was also invited to participate in the global tour of Avatar: The Last Airbender in Concert in the UK, US, Germany, France, Netherlands, Belgium and Australia. He also recently performed with the Malaysia Philharmonic and will continue his tour in Australia in 2025.