作为年轻一代音乐家中的佼佼者，小提琴家王之炅在自己演奏生涯中迈出的每一步都备受瞩目。国内外媒体对她近年来的演奏生涯格外关注并给予了很高的评价，权威的《留声机》杂志曾以整版篇幅报道这位演奏家，乐评人更将之誉为  “ 亚洲琴坛不可多得的一颗闪亮新星” 。 在最近的演出季中，王之炅与柏林音乐厅管弦乐团合作的康戈尔德小提琴协奏曲，起了德国乐界的热烈反响，并获得柏林时报的高度赞赏——“ 王之炅展现了极为出众的演奏实力，她对作品充满激情、轻盈灵动的演绎紧紧抓住了听众的心。” 之后不久，她还与巴黎室内乐团合作了莫扎特的《第五小提琴协奏曲》，并以独奏家的身份同时担任乐队指挥。    2011 至2012 年，王之炅重要的演出邀约包括：与波兰华沙爱乐乐团的巡演；  在世界著名的琉森音乐节中的首演独奏音乐会以及在上海音乐厅的“小提琴独奏与室内乐团专场”等。            王之炅获得过多个国内外重要比赛的奖项。1998 年的梅纽因国际小提琴比赛，她荣获第一名。这是耶胡迪· 梅纽因( Yehudi  Menuhin) 大师生前所举办的最后一届比赛，王之炅的演奏深受大师本人赏识，受邀与大师亲自指挥的乐队合作，大师的鼓励也开启了她职业演奏家的生涯。在1998年的中国小提琴比赛中，她成为了成人组有史以来最年轻的冠军，并获得了“ 最佳中国作品演奏奖” 。2003年，她又在意大利第22届里匹策国际小提琴大赛中作为最年轻的决赛者相继囊括了桂冠与三项特别奖。  王之炅曾分别与法国国家广播交响乐团  、里尔交响乐团、北德广播交响乐团  、圣彼得堡爱乐乐团、赫尔辛基爱乐乐团、芬兰图尔库交响乐团及上海、北京等地的交响乐团有过合作。曾与她合作过的著名音乐家包括：耶胡迪· 梅纽因( Yehudi  Menuhin)，克劳迪奥· 阿巴多(Claudio  Abbado) ，尤里· 泰密卡诺夫( Yuri  Temirkanov) ，克里斯托弗· 波彭( Christoph  Poppen ) ，吉顿· 克莱默( Gidon Kremer) ，林恩· 哈雷尔( Lynn Harrell) ，马蒂亚斯· 巴墨特(Matthias Bamert) ，奥科· 卡姆( Okko Kamu ) ，克里斯蒂安· 阿明( Christian Arming) ，陈佐湟，汤沐海，吕嘉，邵恩，张国勇等。  王之炅曾长期师从著名小提琴演奏家、教育家俞丽拿教授，还参加过平克斯· 祖克曼( Pinchas Zukerman) 、  林昭亮等教授的大师班。随后，王之炅跟随小提琴大师、柏林爱乐乐团前首席高利亚· 巴列夏（Kolja  Blacher ）在汉堡音乐与戏剧学院( Hochschule  für  Musik  und  Theater  Hamburg ) 及柏林埃斯勒音乐学院( Hochschule  für  Musik  Hanns  Eisler  Berlin ) 学习。2011 年她取得独奏家学位( Konzertexamen)   毕业后在埃斯勒任教，担任巴列夏教授的助教。同时，她也是上海音乐学院最年轻的小提琴专业教师。 Remarked by Yehudi Menuhin at an early age, Zhi-Jong Wang is considered one of the most promising violinists of her generation and receiving increasing international attention.   Zhi-Jong appears as a soloist with various orchestras, including Orchestre national de Radio France, Orchestre national de Lille, NDR Radio Philharmonic Orchestra (Hannover), Turku Symphony Orchestra, the Macao Orchestra, China National Symphony Orchestra, Shanghai and Guangzhou Symphony orchestras amongst others. She collaborates with musicians such as Christoph Poppen, Gidon Kremer, Lynn Harrel, Irena Grafenauer，Christian Arming, Muhai Tang, En Shao, Jia Lu, Choo Hoey, etc.    Zhi-Jong’s most recent accomplishments include a successful tour with Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra under Maestro Okko Kamu and John Storgårds, and a highly acclaimed concert with St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra under Maestro Yuri Temirkanov. Furthermore, invited by Pinchas Zukerman, Zhi-Jong performed in Mr. Zukerman's recital in Shanghai as a special guest. After listening to her play, legendary Gidon Kremer immediately invited her to perform in the festival "Chamber music connects the world" in Kronberg where he holds the position as the artistic director. She also had solo performances in many important concerts such as the 80th anniversary gala concert of Shanghai Concert Hall in 2010. Recent highlights include the China tour of the Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra under Antoni Witt and Yoel Levi and her debut recital at the Lucerne Festival.   Zhi-Jong is the winner of several important competitions beginning with First Prize in the Eighth Yehudi Menuhin International Competition for Young Violinists in 1998 - the last competition held by Sir Menuhin himself and following which he invited her to perform with him several times.    In the same year, she also won both First Prize and the Chinese Piece Performance Prize of the Sixth China National Violin Competition in 1998, where she was the youngest first prize winner ever in this competition. In the following years Zhi-Jong Wang has distinguished herself receiving the First Prize and three special prizes including “the Youngest Finalist” at the 22nd Lipizer International Violin Competition. Her achievements have attracted world-wide attention, in 2006 the China version of Gramophone magazine featured her with a full-page report, and musical critics acclaimed her as “a rare new star in Asia”.   Zhi-Jong received her master degree in Shanghai Conservatory of Music where she studied with famous Chinese violinst Prof. Lina Yu. She also attended the master classes of Cho-liang Lin, Pinchas Zukerman, etc. She is currently studying with Maestro Kolja Blacher in Hochschule für Musik “Hanns Eisler” Berlin, and working as his assistant. She holds the position of the youngest Faculty member at the Shanghai Conservatory of Music.