[2] Ryan Wang is from West Vancouver[3][4] and started playing piano at the age of four with Ms. Fafan Xiao.
He was selected for the performance as part of the American Protégé International Piano and Strings Competition and played Variations on a Russian Theme.
[citation needed] In 2017 and 2019, Wang was the recipient of the Emerging Artist Grant from the Vancouver Academy of Music.
[10] In October 2024, Wang won the prestigious BBC Young Musician Award.
[7] His performance of Rachmaninov's Second Piano Concerto in the Final, held at Bristol Beacon, was described by one of the judges as world class.