Twin sisters Susan and Sarah Wang have appeared on stage as a piano duo team at Cooper Union, Weill Recital Hall, Alice Tully Hall and Steinway Hall in New York City. Although based in the New York area, they have also performed throughout the United States and Germany, Switzerland and Canada. Currently the sisters are actively performing and competing as a two-piano team as well as performing solo and chamber music.
In March 2008, Susan and Sarah won 2nd Prize in the prestigious Murray Dranoff International Two Piano Competition. They have also competed in the ARD International Two Piano Competition in Munich, the Ellis National Duo Competition (2nd Prize), the University of Michigan Concerto Competition (1st Prize), the Reding-Piette International Competition a  nd the Murray Dranoff Junior International Two Piano competition (1st Prize). They were also recipients of the Valerie B. Schwartz Grant of the Salon di Virtuosi in 2001 and numerous scholarship awards at the University of Michigan.
Susan and Sarah were born and raised in Ridgewood, New Jersey. They began piano and violin studies at the age of seven ad pursued both instruments until their senior year in high school. During that time, they studied piano with Dmitri Rachmanov and violin with Vladimir Zyskind at the Manhattan School of Music Preparatory Division. Susan and Sarah attended the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor to study piano with Dr. Louis Nagel; they received their Bachelor degrees in piano performance in 2005 with highest honors. In May 2007 they completed their Master degrees in piano performance at the Manhattan School of Music with Dr. marc Silverman. They are currently studying at the Hochshule fur Musik und Theater Rostock with professors Hans-Peter and Volker Stenzl in an artist program for piano duos.
Orchestra appearances include the Bruch Concerto with the Florida Classical Symphony Orchestra under Maestro Stewart Robertson, the Poulenc Two Piano Concerto with the University of Michigan Symphony under Kenneth Kiesler and the Mozart Two Piano Concerto with the Manhattan School of Music Preparatory Philharmonic under James Sadewhite.
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