Wu, Xiaofeng (Nombre personal)

New York based pianist Xiaofeng Wu has been commented by ABC.es as “simply prodigious…is surely on the roster of the first class performers of his immense country—China”. His recordings of Chopin solo works have been distributed by the iPhone App Chopin Project®. His solo concerts have been highly recognized and reviewed by music critics, numerous publications and media releases including ABC, YAHOO, Radio Clasica, Pravda, Politica, OpusMusica, El Mundo and many others. The Spanish newspaper, La Lanza, described Wu as “one of the most reputable pianists at an international scale.” http://www.wuxiaofeng.com/

Xiaofeng Wu has demonstrated an extraordinary talent and love of music from his very earliest years. In his native city of Shanghai, he won prizes in the “Jinbao” Cup young-pianist competition at the age of eight and the First State Mozart Piano Competition at 12. By the age of 15, Mr. Wu was giving powerful performances of Tchaikovsky’s First Piano Concerto to Chinese audiences. Mr. Wu went on to the Shanghai Conservatory, and upon graduation received a full scholarship from Texas Christian University. He received his Doctorate in Piano Performance from the University of Michigan in 2008, there studying with Arthur Greene; in the same year he was top laureate at both the Russian Music International Piano Competition, held in San Jose, California and the Jose Iturbi International Music Competition, held in Los Angeles. In 2009 he won the Gold Prize of the NTD International Chinese Piano Competition. Among his many other successes, Mr. Wu won First Prize at the 10th Guerrero Foundation International Piano Competition in Madrid and First Prize at the 82nd Society of American Musicians Piano Competition in Chicago. Mr. Wu has been a recitalist in North America, Europe and Asia, having performed in major venues in Helsinki, Madrid, Valencia, Seville, Andorra, Bari, Barletta, Lisbon, Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Guangzhou, and Nanjing. He currently resides in New York City. http://www.chopinproject.com/participants/xiaofeng-wu/