Wang has performed as a concerto soloist with the New York Philharmonic dozens of times; his first time was in Hong Kong, in R. Strauss’s Oboe Concerto, led by Xian Zhang, during the orchestra’s 2008 tour of Asia. In addition, he’s been heard as a featured player in works ranging from Bach’s St. Matthew Passion and Brandenburg Concerto No. 1 to Mahler’s Das Lied von der Erde and Varèse’s Octandre.

 In 2014, Wang was the recipient of the Beijing International Music Festival Artist of the Year award, and in the 2014–15 season, he served as artist-in-residence of the Qing Dao Symphony Orchestra, his hometown orchestra.

Wang made his Carnegie Hall solo debut in April 2011 with a performance of Chen Qigang’s Extase. Other notable performances include Mozart’s Oboe Concerto with Les Violons du Roy (led by Bernard Labadie in Quebec City), the China Philharmonic Orchestra, and the Shanghai and Guangzhou symphony orchestras; R. Strauss’s Oboe Concerto with the Makau Symphony Orchestra and San Francisco Ballet Orchestra; Mozart’s Oboe Concerto and R. Strauss’s Oboe Concerto on tour with all of China’s major symphony orchestras; and Bach’s Brandenburg Concertos Nos. 1 and 2 with The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. In December 2014, Wang performed Mozart’s Oboe Concerto with the New York String Orchestra, led by Jaime Laredo, in Carnegie Hall’s Stern Auditorium.

An active chamber musician, Wang marks his 16th season appearing with the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival in 2023. He’s also performed at Music from Angel Fire and the La Jolla Music Society’s SummerFest, where he premiered Sean Shepherd’s Oboe Quartet. He’s given masterclasses at the Juilliard School, Mannes School of Music, Manhattan School of Music, and Curtis Institute of Music; Seoul National University; New York University; and the Beijing, Cincinnati, Shanghai, Hanoi, and Singapore conservatories. He’s currently on the faculty of the Manhattan School of Music.

Liang Wang was born in Qing Dao, China, in 1980 and began his oboe studies at the age of seven. In 1993, he enrolled at the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing, and in 2003 he completed his bachelor’s degree at the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, where he studied with The Philadelphia Orchestra’s then-principal oboe, Richard Woodhams.