Eric Wang
in Concert

Eric Wang is a classical guitarist based in San Jose, California. He started playing at age 4 and studied with Robert Miler at the California Conservatory of Music. He studies music with Guitar Professor Meng Su of the San Francisco Conservatory of Music and Piano professor Stephen Prutsman at Stanford University. Eric is also a senior at Stanford University studying physics and music (B.A. and B.S.) and an incoming masters student in Electrical Engineering (M.S). He will be graduating from his undergraduate degrees in June.

Eric is the winner of several guitar competitions including the prestigious Guitar Foundation of America Guitar Competition International Youth Competition (2018, Youth Junior Division and 2020, Youth Senior Division), Parkening International Guitar Competition (2019 Youth Division), and Boston Guitar Festival (2024 Adult Competition). He was featured on NPR’s From the Top in April of 2019. He was named a 2020 National YoungArts Finalist, receiving the distinction of semifinalist in the 2022 Presidential Scholar in the Arts award. He is a three-time semifinalist in the GFA International Concert Artist Competition from 2022-24.

Eric has learned from and worked with distinguished guitarists including Tilman Hoppstock, Sergio Assad, David Russel, Eliot Fisk, Manuel Barrueco, Raphaela Smits, Zoran Dukic, Benjamin Verdery, Judicael Perroy, and many more. He has worked extensively with various ensemble arrangements, whether that’s in vocal/instrumental duets, string quartets, guitar ensembles, or other unorthodox ensemble arrangements. He recently has worked with the Stanford Symphony Orchestra and Viano String Quartet.

Eric regularly gives concerts throughout California as a featured artist on the Reno guitar concert series, Orange County Guitar concert series, and the Vacavile CMARF concert series. He’s also recorded for a number of studio/concert series settings including the Omni guitar concert series, Guitar Salon International, NPR’s From the Top, the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, and more. Eric gave his orchestral debut recently with the Stanford Symphony Orchestra in November with Rodrigo’s Concierto de Aranjuez.