Miclen LaiPang, violin

Acclaimed as “a musician of daring virtuosity with gripping access and noble elegance” (Die Welt), Miclen has established himself as one of the most exciting and versatile violinists of his generation and has earned global recognition as a soloist, chamber musician, concertmaster, and teacher.  

Miclen has performed with numerous orchestras and has had solo recitals in halls such as Carnegie Hall, Vienna Musikverein, Walt Disney Concert Hall, Elbphlharmonie in Hamburg, Wigmore Hall, Royal Albert Hall, Berlin Philharmonie, and many more.  

He appears frequently in festivals including Prussia Cove Open Chamber Music, Moab, Rheingau, Verbier, Ghent, Heidelberg Frühling, Salzburg, Rome Chamber Music Festival, and the Castleman Quartet Program. Miclen has performed in over 60 countries and has recorded numerous CD’s on both Sony RCA Red Seal, Naxos and more. He has had the privilege to work and collaborate with international artists such as Ivry Gitlis, Janos Starker, Peter Serkin, Torleif Thedéen, Marianna Shirinyan, Jens Peter Maintz, Lawrence Dutton, Gerhard Schulz, Robert McDuffie, Irvine Arditti, Nobuko Imai, and Christoph Richter. His primary mentors have included Ruggiero Ricci, Boris Kuschnir, Aaron Rosand, Charles Castleman, Ida Bieler, and Alice Schoenfeld.  

Currently, Miclen resides between Paris and Vienna where he keeps a busy schedule as a guest concertmaster, teaching, chamber music, and solo projects. He is the violinist of the internationally acclaimed Trio Zadig and is the Artistic Director of the Miesbach Kammermusikfestival. He teaches at the International Chamber Music Academy in Ochsenhausen, Germany and is a Thomastik-Infeld Artists and a Dolfinos Ambassador. 

He performs on the “ex-Grumiaux” by J.B. Vuillaume c.1850 and the “ex-Ysaye” D. Peccatte.