American pianist CHRISTINE WU has performed in concert venues throughout North America and Europe, including Merkin Hall, the Kennedy Center Terrace Theater, Petit Palau de la Música Catalana, and Théâtre du Châtelet.

Praised in The New York Times by chief music critic Anthony Tommasini for her “arresting” playing, Christine’s performance of Oliver Knussen’s Variations (1989) was described as “one of the highlights of the program” at Tanglewood’s Festival of Contemporary Music. Christine is a prize winner of the Ettore Pozzoli International Piano Competition, and has performed both solo and chamber music in festivals including Music Academy of the West, Tanglewood Music Center, and Aspen Music Festival.

As someone who believes in the importance of playing both classical and contemporary music, Christine has a wide range of experience as a solo and ensemble player of new music. She is a former member of the Frankfurt-based International Ensemble Modern Akademie, and has played in major new music festivals including the Lucerne Festival, ManiFeste Paris, and Time of Music Festival in Viitasaari, Finland and premiered over 20 new works. She continued her modern and contemporary music studies at the Hochschule für Musik und Tanz in Cologne with Joonas Ahonen and Pierre-Laurent Aimard.

Christine received both her Bachelor and Master of Music degrees at The Juilliard School, followed by a Doctorate of Musical Arts from the Yale School of Music, where she studied with Hung Kuan Chen, Peter Frankl, and Peter Serkin. Other important mentors include Logan Skelton and Yong Hi Moon. Christine is currently based in Berlin.