Biography
Cellist
Wendy Law has appeared as soloist with renowned orchestras including the New York Philharmonic,
Boston Symphony, Singapore Symphony, Hong Kong Sinfonietta, Russian Philharmonic, and Juilliard
Orchestra. Ms. Law has performed throughout North America, appearing in such venues as Lincoln
Center's Avery Fisher Hall and Alice Tully Hall, Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, the J.F.
Kennedy Center, Washington, D.C. and Jordan Hall, Boston. An active chamber musician, she has
collaborated with the Borromeo String Quartet, the Chameleon Arts Ensemble of Boston, Yo-Yo Ma and
Pamela Frank among others. A proponent of the interdisciplinary arts, Ms. Law collaborates
with artists from other genres. Past collaborations of note include performances of the Bach
Cello Suites with the Juilliard Dance Ensemble choreographed by Igal Perry, VisionIntoArt, and
performances in the thematic interdisciplinary series "Voyage To The Exotics" (a series
created and founded by Ms. Law in 2002).
Highlights of Ms. Law's 2002-03 season included her solo debut with the New York Philharmonic
Orchestra, her Avery Fischer Hall debut with the Juilliard Orchestra, and at Juilliard's Morse Hall
in a multi-dimensional folk influenced project of theatre, story telling, music and dance created in
part by Ms. Law as part of the "Voyage To The Exotics" series. In the 2003-04 season, Ms.
Law was honored to be invited by the office of the UN Secretary General to perform at the General
Assembly of the United Nations in a memorial ceremony for the UN staff and family members of those
who lost their lives in the attack on the UN compound in Baghdad, Iraq. By the invitation of
the "Association of Performing Arts Presenters", Ms. Law was showcased in Weill Recital
Hall at Carnegie Hall (January). She appeared at New York's Bargemusic in January, and in Hong
Kong in solo performances with the Hong Kong Sinfonietta in February, followed by an orchestral
appearance in New York. A six-city tour took her to Taiwan
for solo and chamber music appearances in March, as well as in Boston’s
Jordan Hall in April, and at Kennedy Center, Washington, D.C. in May
Ms. Law has appeared on television and radio. Earlier in 2003, Ms. Law was featured on Japan's
NHK TV documentary series "New York Streets," which was broadcast nationwide. She
has also appeared on PBS TV's documentary broadcast on the New England Conservatory Youth
Philharmonic Orchestra's tour of Chile and Argentina, of which Ms. Law was the featured
soloist. She performed at Boston's WGBH Radio and at Hong Kong's radio station. Ms. Law
has recorded Wing-Fai Law's "Phantasm" with the Russian Philharmonic Orchestra for the
Hugo label.
A recipient of numerous awards, Ms. Law has received the
Juilliard InterArts Award, first prizes in the Juilliard Cello
Concerto Competition, National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts, Kingsville International
Competition, Fischoff National Competition (as a member of the Amaryllis String Quartet), the
Harvard Musical Association Achievement Award, as well as local and national prizes in the American
String Teacher's Association Competition and the Boston Symphony Orchestra Young Artist Competition.
Ms. Law began her cello studies with Ge Wu at the Hong Kong Academy of the Arts. At the age of 12, she moved to the US to study with Mark Churchill at Boston’s New England Conservatory Preparatory School.
Ms. Law received her Bachelor of Music with Distinction from the New England Conservatory with Laurence Lesser, and her Master of Music and the prestigious Artist Diploma Program from The Juilliard School, where she studied with Joel Krosnick and Tim Eddy. In addition to her monthly outreach concerts, Ms. Law was also the founder of an artists' forum called "Artists Inspired" at the Juilliard School.
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