Chi Wu, pianist, professor of Sichuan Conservatory of Music, a Tanglewood and Steinway & Sons artist, has held hundreds of concerts at home and abroad. He is currently a vice director of Sichuan Conservatory of Music Piano Research Institute,deputy secretary-general & executive director of the Sichuan Piano Institute(SPI).
Early music education was taught by famous Chinese piano professor Dan Zhaoyi and Yang Hanguo. after graduating from the Middle School of Sichuan Conservatory of Music, Wu studied abroad at Conservatorio Musicale Internazionale di Imola and Conservatorium Van in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
At Conservatorio Musicale Internazionale di Imola, Wu was a student of professor Lazar Berman whom is outstanding virtuoso. At graduation, he was awarded the highest honor for the piano performance of the school and served as Berman’s assistant.
Chi Wu was deeply influenced by Berman’s artist personality and his vision of music. Berman is not interested in the way young pianists try to impress others with their “superior technique”. Instead, he insisted “art comes from life”.
He has held more than hundred concerts in China and abroad, among which collaborated with musicians and conductors including: Yang Shanshan, Zheng Xiaoying, Tang Qingshi, Tan Lihua, Zhu Qiyuan, Liu Xin and Liu Jiang. Some of his performance venues include the Concertgebouw (Royal Concert Hall in Amsterdam, Netherlands), the Beijing Concert Hall, He Luting Concert Hall (Shanghai Conservatory of Music), Hong Kong City Hall, Chimes Concert Hall (Wuhan Conservatory of Music), Huizhou Cultural Arts Center, Xinghai Concert Hall, Chengdu City Concert Hall, Grand Concert Hall (Xi’an Conservatory of Music). He also has good cooperation with the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, the Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra, the NJO National Youth Orchestra of the Netherlands, the China National Symphony Orchestra, the Chengdu Orchestra etc.