Sophie Wang. Photo by Robert Torres.
The Boston Symphony Orchestra has appointed Sophie Wang as associate concertmaster, effective at the start of the BSO’s summertime Tanglewood season. A BSO member since 2022, Wang will also become associate concertmaster of the Boston Pops. She fills the vacancy left by Alexander Velinzon when he was promoted to first associate concertmaster last summer. A native of Irmo, South Carolina, Wang has been featured as soloist with the New England Philharmonic, South Carolina Philharmonic, and Schwob School of Music Philharmonic, and will appear with the Boston Civic Symphony in November 2025. Prior to joining the BSO, she was senior assistant concertmaster of the South Carolina Philharmonic and assistant principal second violin of the Columbus Symphony Orchestra. She was a former Fellow of the Tanglewood Music Center and has also participated in festivals such as the International Musicians Seminar Prussia Cove, Taos School of Music, and Sarasota Music Festival. Wang holds a graduate diploma and master’s degree from New England Conservatory, as well as a bachelor’s degree from the Schwob School of Music at Columbus State University. Her principal teachers have included Malcolm Lowe, Donald Weilerstein, Sergiu Schwartz, and William Terwilliger.
