Ryan Wang, 17, from Vancouver, Canada, started playing piano at the age of four, and performed his first solo recital at the age of six. In 2013, he began his musical studies under the tutelage of Professor Lee Kum Sing and Dr. Sunsung Kong. He is currently studying on a music scholarship with Mr. Gareth Owen at Eton College in the UK. He earned his Artist Diploma under Professor Marian Rybicki at the ÉcoleNormale de Musique de Paris in France in May 2024, and is the youngest ever to win the Prix Cortot. In September 2024, Ryan was acclaimed the BBC Young Musician of the Year.

Ryan maintains a busy concert career as a soloist and an orchestral performer across the globe, especially in Europe, Asia, and North America. He has performed in prestigious venues such as Carnegie Hall, Fondation Louis Vuitton, Salle Cortot, on the Ellen DeGeneres Show, Fazioli Concert Hall, Windsor Castle, RTHK Radio 4 (HongKong), CCTV 4 (China), CBC Music (Canada), live on FM96.3 (Toronto’s Radio Station at Zoomer Hall), Radio Classique (France), and BBC 2, 3, and 4 (UK). He was invited to perform as a member of the cultural component of Canada’s participation in the APEC Summit in Beijing, 2014. Ryan was also invited to give a private recital at the home of Canadian Prime Minister Steven Harper. His orchestral appearances include the Singapore Symphony Orchestra, Toronto Festival Orchestra, Xiamen Philharmonic Orchestra, Vancouver Metropolitan Orchestra, West Coast Symphony Orchestra, Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra, BBC National Orchestra of Wales and many more.

Among his awards are wins in the 2022 International Piano Competition ‘SAMSON FRANCOIS’, 2023 Jeune Chopin International Piano Competition in Switzerland, 2023 Cleveland International Piano Competition for Young Artists (senior group), 18th Animato International Piano Competition in Paris Frederic Chopin edition in 2023, and 2024 Prix du Piano Bern. In March 2023, aged 15, Ryan was the youngest musician to be included on the British radio station Classic FM’s list of “Rising Stars: 30 Sensational Musicians” all under the age of 30. Ryan was also included in the New Generation Piano series 2022-2023 with 3 other pianists (Bruce Liu, Alim Beisembayev, and Yunchan Lim) by the Fondation Louis Vuitton, and he was invited to perform a solo recital at the Fondation’s concert hall in Paris in 2023.