When: 7:30, Friday, February 15, 2013
Where: UWM Zelazo Center for the Performing Arts
How much: FREE for students under 18; $12 for adults
More Info: UWM Box Office online
Wentong Zhang, a junior at Whitefish Bay High School, began playing the violin at the age of five. He has studied with Darcy Drexler at the String Academy of Wisconsin since the age of seven and currently plays in the Violin Virtuosi there. He has received numerous awards from the Wisconsin School Music Association’s Solo & Ensemble Music Festivals, performing both as a soloist and a chamber musician. He has also been a member of the Milwaukee Youth Symphony Orchestra as well as the State Honors Orchestra.
This past summer, Wentong was selected to participate in the National Symphony Orchestra Summer Music Institute, where he played on the Kennedy Center concert hall stage in multiple performances. In addition to playing violin, Wentong enjoys tennis as well as mathematics, and he hopes to become a mathematician in the future.
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