Xuanxiang Wu

Born in China in 2007, Xuanxiang Wu began playing the piano when he was 5 years old. At the age of 9, he was admitted  to the Music Middle School Affiliated to the Shanghai Conservatory of Music and studied with Prof. Ting Zhong. Since September 2021, he has been studying with Dr. Ernest Barretta at the Juilliard Pre-College. He began pursuing his bachelor's degree at The Juilliard School in August, studying with Dr. Yoheved Kaplinsky.

A Young Steinway Artist, he has performed in Carnegie Hall, St. Petersburg State Capella Concert Hall, America’ s National Opera Center, Van Cliburn Concert Hall, Merkin Concert Hall, Shanghai Oriental Art Center and other prestigious venues. He has performed with the Shanghai Philharmonic Orchestra, Xiamen Philharmonic Orchestra, New York International Youth Philharmonic, Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra, New York Session Symphony, The Moscow State Academic Symphony Orchestra, among others.

He recently as a performer of the 2025 PianoTexas International Festival & Academy, where he won the  Young Artist Concerto  Competition  that earned  him  the honor to performed  Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 3 at the Van Cliburn Concert Hall with the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra.

His many honours include the First Prize and Audience Prize in the New York Liszt International Piano Competition, and performed Liszt Piano Concerto No. 1 at the Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage of Carnegie Hall with the Orchestra of St. Luke’s; the Overall Winner in Philadelphia International Music Festival Winter Concerto Competition, and he was interviewed by CBS News, FOX 5 New York, the Queens Ledger and the World Daily. He also won the First Prize and Classical Prize of Young Artist Group in the Canada International Piano Competition, as well as top prizes at the St. Petersburg International Music Competition, GOCAA International Piano Competition, 2019 Lang Lang Shenzhen Futian International Piano Competition, New York International Music Competition, and many others.

Since 2023, he began artistic collaboration with Italian composer Lorenzo Pescini. He participated in the recording of the new album "Parliamo di noi", released on digital platforms, with all proceeds going to the non-profit association "Italian League for the Fight against Cancer - LILT" Section of Sanremo.

Outside of the piano, he enjoys painting, reading, LEGOs, movies, badminton, his cat Feifei, and his dog Carrot. He is also fascinated with marine life, spending time on seawater tank landscaping, and observing and studying various organisms.