13-year-old Taige Wang, Young Steinway Artist and LLIMF Scholar, studies piano at The Juilliard School with Yoheved Kaplinsky. In 2023 as the youngest competitor, he made the quarter finals at The Cliburn Junior Competition and one of the three finalists at Thomas and Evon Cooper International Piano Competition playing with world-renowned The Cleveland Orchestra. Taige studies composition with Bruce Adolphe. As a prize-winning composer, his piano trio Chopin VS Chopin2.0 was commissioned by the CMS of Lincoln Center and he performed its debut at Alice Tully Hall in April 2023. Taige was awarded the Gold President’s Volunteer Service Award