Sharon Wei is a dynamic and multi-faceted musician, establishing herself as one of the most respected violists on the scene today. She has appeared as soloist with orchestras including Kingston Symphony, Sinfonia Toronto, San Francisco Chamber Orchestra, and premiered Mascall’s “Ziigwan” concerto with London Symphonia. She has performed recital tours with Debut Atlantic and Prairie Debut. In 2025-2026 will premiere Saman Shahi’s viola concerto inspired by the Northern Tornadoes Project in Montreal, Stratford and Prince Edward Island.

As a chamber musician, Sharon regularly takes part at festivals such as Marlboro, Verbier, Banff, Seattle and Ravinia. She is the violist of the award-winning New Orford String Quartet and has performed with renowned musicians including James Ehnes, Claude Frank, Joseph Silverstein, the Amernet, and St. Lawrence String Quartets. Sharon co-founded Ensemble Made in Canada in 2006 and their Mosaïque Project won a 2021 JUNO for Classical Album of the Year which toured across Canada in both traditional venues and eclectic ones such as the seabed of Hopewell Rocks at low tide.

Sharon was on faculty at Yale and Stanford University and is currently Associate Professor of viola at Western University where she has also been Assistant Dean of Research. She is a regular faculty violist at Curtis Summerfest, Scotia Festival, Toronto Summer Music and Orford Academy. Sharon won the viola prize at Yale University, is a Western Faculty Scholar and has been the recipient of grants through the Canada Council for the Arts, Ontario Arts Council, and FACTOR.