Mary Wu

Hailed as ‘one of the most gifted pianists of her generation’ for her ‘musical variety, profundity and sensitivity’ by Ravel’s protege Vlado Perlemuter, Mary Wu is also praised by the late Lord Yehudi Menuhin as having ‘a captivating poetical quality to her playing’. European review praises Wu for “her extraordinary artistic quality, absolute mastery over the keyboard and magical virtuosity”.

Starting from an early age, Mary Wu has performed extensively throughout the world as soloist and in chamber performances with artists including the late Lord Menuhin, Vlado Perlemuter, Richard Stoltzman, Michel Lethiec, Colin Carr, the Maggini Quartet, Tasmin Little and appeared in major festivals. Wu has also collaborated with many major orchestras and has several CD recordings on BMG, ASV, Dutton and Universal Label.

A 2003 ‘Top Ten Outstanding Young Person in Hong Kong’, Wu has won the Chappell Gold Medal of Royal College of Music, first prizes at the London Royal Overseas League Competition and the Mozart Bicentenary Competition of Asia, the 2010 ADC Hong Kong Best Artist (Music) award and was the president of the Ibiza International Piano Competition 2017 with Antonio Baciero. Wu has been on the faculty of the Music Departments at the Chinese University and the Academy of Performing Arts of Hong Kong since the early 1990’s and has given masterclasses in UK, Germany, Indonesia, Singapore, Taiwan and China. Wu is a graduate of the Yehudi Menuhin School, the Royal College of Music and has completed her Doctoral degree from the State University of New York at Stony Brook. Her teachers include Mrs. Betty Drown, Peter Norris, Vlado Perlemuter, Louis Kentner, Kendall-Taylor and Gilbert Kalish.