Wei-Wei Le

Assistant professor Wei-Wei Le, a native of Shanghai, graduated from Yehudi Menuhin School in England, and received her Bachelor of Music from Oberlin Conservatory of Music.

After completing her bachelor degree, Le then went on and received her Masters of Music degree from Cleveland Institute of Music, and Graduate Diploma from New England Conservatory of Music. She won numerous competitions, including the Yehudi Menuhin International Violin Competition (England), the Kloster Schontal International Violin Competition (Germany), and the Starling International Violin Competition (USA).

Her studies have taken her to the renowned violin pedagogues, such as Yehudi Menuhin, Donald Weilerstein, Almita and Roland Vamos, Dorothy DeLay. As a solo performer, Le has given recitals and concerts all over the world, performing with noteworthy orchestras such as the Hong Kong Philharmonic, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (London), Queensland Symphony (Australia), and the Tianjin Symphony Orchestra (China). Many of her performances have been conducted by Lord. Yehudi Menuhin himself, who described her as “one of the most talented young musicians he has ever seen.”

As a devoted chamber musician, Le has collaborated with great musicians and quartets in North America, Europe, and Asia, including Richard Stoltzman, William Preucil, Sara Chang, and Eliot Fisk, as well as the Ying Quartet and St. Petersburg Quartet. Prior to her appointment at UNLV, Le served on the faculty at Emory University and Georgia State University in Atlanta.

Wei-Wei Le