Wu Muye (; born 23 December 1985) is a Chinese pianist.

Early life and education

Wu Muye was born on 23 December 1985 in

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, and grew up in

Hainan Hainan (, ; ) is the smallest and southernmost province of the People's Republic of China (PRC), consisting of various islands in the South China Sea. , the largest and most populous island in China,The island of Taiwan, which is slightly l ...

. He started taking piano and violin lessons at the age of 4. At 5, he gave his first public performance, and he won his first contest, the Hong Kong Children's Piano Competition, at the age of 9. In 1996 he was admitted to the fifth grade of the National Conservatory of Music in Beijing. After graduating in 1999, he moved to Paris to study at the

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, having

Jacques Rouvier Jacques Rouvier (born 18 January 1947 in Marseille) is a French pianist. He studied at the Paris Conservatory with Jean Hubeau, Vlado Perlemuter, Pierre Sancan and later on Jean Fassina. He won two Premiers Prix (first prizes): in piano performanc ...

as his mentor. After completing the undergraduate program he continued studying at the Conservatoire, despite already having an international career, and graduated in 2009 with a PhD in music. In 2009, he also became the first Chinese pianist to ever receive the ''Perfect Piano Performing Artist Medal'' by the French Ministry of Culture.

Career

Wu Muye has won several awards and is laureate of many international piano competitions including 3rd Prize at the 2003

Ferruccio Busoni International Piano Competition The Ferruccio Busoni International Piano Competition is a music competition for young pianists that takes place in Bolzano, Italy. It was founded in 1949 by Cesare Nordio in memory of the pianist and composer Ferruccio Busoni. History The fir ...

in Bolzano, Italy, the Grand-Prix at the 2004 Marguerite-Long-Jacques-Thibaud Competition in Paris, France, and the gold medal at the 2005 Piano Campus International Piano Competition in Pointoise, France. He has performed at many prestigious events such as the Expo Shanghai 2010, the 60th Anniversary Gala of

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, at the 50th Anniversary Ceremony for the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and France and at the

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state banquet hosted for the US president

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in 2014; at the Milan Expo 2015; at the Opening Ceremony of the 2016 G20 Summit; at the

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Meeting dedictated to the 30rd

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at the WHO headquarters and at the

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Leaders Meeting in 2017; and at the

CCTV Spring Festival Gala The ''CCTV New Year's Gala'', also known as the ''Spring Festival Gala'', and commonly abbreviated in Chinese as ''Chunwan'', is a Chinese New Year special produced by China Media Group (CMG). It is broadcast annually on the eve of Chinese Ne ...

in 2018. He had two soloist world tours, the ''Wu Muye "Complete Works of

Schubert Franz Peter Schubert (; 31 January 179719 November 1828) was an Austrian composer of the late Classical and early Romantic eras. Despite his short lifetime, Schubert left behind a vast ''oeuvre'', including more than 600 secular vocal wor ...

impromptus" Piano Recital Tour'' from 2018 to 2019, and in December 2019 his ''Wu Muye "Complete Works of Chopin Waltzes" Piano Recital World Tour'' started. In December 2018, he opened a piano studio, the ''Wu Muye Studio'', in

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, that gives non-profit piano lessons to children and teenagers.

Filmography

Awards, titles and honors

References

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