Year of birth: 1997
Place of birth: Rizhao City
Educated in: New York
Place of residence: Dallas
(Plays in Los Angeles)

November 2024 Preselections

Watch Zihao Wu performance.

Program

I. Stravinskij - Three movements from Petrushka F. Chopin - Étude op. 25, no. 6 A. Skrjabin - Étude op. 2, no. 1  


Biography

Zihao Wu entered the Central Conservatory of Music, Piano Academy at Gulangyu at the age of eleven. While in school, he was the recipient of many scholarships including the YAMAHA Scholarship, and performed on China Central Television nationwide in 2012 and 2016. In 2017, Mr. Wu entered the Cleveland Institute of Music as a student of Dr. Daniel Shapiro. Mr. Wu entered the master’s degree program at The Juilliard School in 2021, as a student of Mr. Sergei Babayan. Now, he is continuing to work with him for Artist Diploma in Meadows School of the Arts in Texas. Mr. Wu was also a prizewinner in several national and international competitions such as Hongkong Chopin competition, YAMAHA Scholarship competition. Mr. Wu received The Sadie Zellen Piano Prize in 2021.

 

Due to health reasons the candidates Shotaro Nishimura and Zixi Chen could not participate in the GPP 2022. They received the possibility to participate in this edition.

 

Candidates who withdrew from the competition:

Bily Robert
Deng Yubo
Durliat Gabriel
Guo Yungyung
Han Wenfang
Lee Shinyoung
Martinelli Riccardo
Park Chaeyoung
Thomazinho Lucas
Wang Jiapeng