Biography
Piano
Elliot Wuu
Elliot Wuu, a Young Steinway Artist, was named a 2018 Gilmore Young Artist and a 2016–21 MTAC Young Artist Guild member. The beneficiary of a Salon de Virtuosi 2021 career grant, he has won numerous state, national, and international competitions. He has performed in major venues in the US, France, Italy, Germany, UK, Poland, Romania, and China. In New York City he performed at the UN Headquarters, the WQXR Greene Space, and Carnegie Hall. Other concert highlights include the Fondation Louis Vuitton in Paris, Gilmore International Keyboard Festival, Aspen Festival, Ravinia Festival, Hilton Head Bravo Piano Festival, and Chopin Foundation of the United States. In 2013 he was selected as one of 12 young pianists to participate in the inaugural Lang Lang Junior Music Camp in Munich. He was also featured on WQXR’s Young Artists Showcase and NPR’s From the Top radio programs.
After making his debut at age 16 with the Hilton Head Symphony Orchestra playing Rachmaninoff's Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Mr. Wuu has performed with the Lansing Symphony Orchestra, Columbus Indiana Philharmonic, Terre Haute Symphony Orchestra, and many others. Born in 1999 in Fremont, California, he began piano at age six. He studied with Yoshikazu Nagai, at the San Francisco Conservatory Pre-College, as well as at the Valley Christian High School Conservatory of the Arts. The recipient of a Kovner Fellowship at the Juilliard School, he received a bachelor’s of music degree and is currently pursuing a master’s degree in music.
(12/2022)