Today we feature Angelika Wang, a piano student of Brenda Huang. She plays music of Beethoven, Messiaen, Rachmaninoff and Bach-Busoni.
Angelika Wang, 17, hails from Chicago’s Bridgeport neighborhood and is a senior at Whitney Young Magnet High School. She started playing the piano when she was five years old, and has been studying with Brenda Huang for 12 years.
In 2022, Angelika performed Chopin’s Piano Concerto No. 1 with the Peoria Symphony Orchestra as a winner of their Young Artist Competition. She was also named the Best Player in the 2022 Illinois High School Association Contest. Recently, Angelika has won first places at the Memorial Contest for the Illinois
Music Association as well as the Carmel International Klavier Piano Competition. She was also awarded Alternate at the MTNA Senior Division in 2023. She has also had success at the Sejoing Music Competition, the ISMTA Piano Competitions, Del Rosario Concerto Competition, Musicale Festival, and more.
Besides piano, Angelika is also a cellist and currently a member of Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestras’ flagship group. Angelika is also taking Judo and is on the lacrosse team at Whitney Young.
