Chinese violist Wenting Kang was praised by The New York Times as an “excellent violist” who “possesses a dark, glowing sound” following her performance at Carnegie Hall. Her playing has also been described as “elegant,” “precise,” and “pure,” with a “tone passionate without ever losing a sense of control” by The Boston Musical Intelligencer.

Her debut recording with pianist Sergei Kvitko, “Mosaic” (2022), received widespread critical acclaim. Gramophone Magazine wrote, “Part of the allure is her golden and glowing tone, but the subtlety of her shading is just as transfixing… Her technique is close to flawless… A terrific programme in every way.” The album was awarded the Gold Medal and named a Recommended CD by Melómano Magazine (Spain). Tracks from “Mosaic” were featured on Spotify’s Best New Classical Music playlist and the American Society of Composers, authors and Publishers’ New Music Friday playlist. Kang has also collaborated with conductor Gil Rose and the Boston Modern Orchestra Project, releasing a recording of George Perle’s Serenade No. 1.

As a soloist, Kang has appeared with the Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra, Orquesta Sinfónica de Madrid, Málaga Philharmonic Orchestra, Nagoya Philharmonic Orchestra, Tokyo Metropolitan Orchestra, TOHO Gakuen Orchestra, Orquesta Clásica Santa Cecilia, and the Madrid Soloists Chamber Orchestra, collaborating with conductors including Ivor Bolton, Michiyoshi Inoue, Koichiro Harada, and José María Moreno. Her repertoire includes Don Quixote, the viola concertos of Bartók, Walton, and Elgar, and Mozart’s Sinfonia Concertante.

An active chamber musician, Kang has shared the stage with artists such as Nobuko Imai, Kim Kashkashian, Elisabeth Leonskaja, Christoph Richter, Bruno Giuranna, and Christian Tetzlaff. From 2018 to 2020, she was a member of the Dalia String Quartet, and in 2017 she co-founded the Imai Viola Quartet. Additionally, she is the founding member of the Madrid Soloist Chamber Orchestra.

Kang is the First Prize winner of the 2nd Tokyo International Viola Competition and has also received prizes at the Johannes Brahms International Competition and the Primrose International Viola Competition. She studied at the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing, the New England Conservatory, and Kronberg Academy, working with distinguished teachers including Nobuko Imai, Kim Kashkashian, Garth Knox, Donald Weilerstein, Miriam Fried, Liangsheng Chen, and Changhai Wang.

From September 2025, Kang joins the Viola Faculty of the New England Conservatory in Boston. Between 2016 and 2025, she served as Assistant Professor alongside Nobuko Imai at the Escuela Superior de Música Reina Sofía in Madrid. She has given masterclasses in viola and chamber music at leading institutions including the Mozarteum University Salzburg, Conservatorium van Amsterdam, Kunst-Universität Graz, Accademia Stauffer in Cremona, and the Franz Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest.