Daniel Wang

Taiwanese-American violist Daniel Wang joined the Phoenix Symphony Orchestra as Principal Viola in 2025. Originally from Lake Jackson, Texas, he grew up in Taipei, Taiwan, where he began taking viola lessons in high school with Jui Se Yang.

As an orchestral and chamber musician, he actively performs throughout the US and abroad. He has frequently played with leading orchestras around the country including the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Chicago, Houston, Dallas, and Atlanta Symphony Orchestras, and was previously a member of San Antonio Symphony for five seasons. He regularly returns to Taiwan to give concerts, and has also performed internationally at Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival (Germany), Salzburg Festival (Vienna), and Pacific Music Festival (Japan), and in the US at Sarasota Music Festival and Brevard Music Festival. Chamber music highlights include touring with Harvest Arts Ensemble, Olmos Ensemble, and members of the Tokyo String Quartet performing Dvorak’s Sextet in tsunami relief concerts around Japan.

He got his Master’s from Rice University where he studied with James Dunham, and Bachelor’s from Indiana University where he studied with Alan de Veritch and Nokuthula Ngwenyama. He has received mentorship from Jonathan Vinocour, Jay Liu, Joan DerHovsepian, and Rachel Ku. Currently he plays on a viola made in 2017 by Douglas Cox. When not performing, he enjoys family time with his wife and daughter.