Chinese violinist Ye Wu took her first violin lessons in her home town Shanghai before continuing her
studies in the USA as well as in Berlin. As concertmaster, she has been invited to perform with many
orchestras, playing under such conductors as Kurt Masur, Kent Nagano and Christoph Eschenbach.
She has performed extensively in America and Europe as a soloist.
Ye Wu has attracted attention with numerous recordings and concerts as a chamber musician,
particularly in recent years as Primaria of the WDR Chamber Players. In 2017 their recording of the
string quintets by Johannes Brahms, released by the Pentatone label, was awarded the Diapason
d‘Or. Their newest CD of the string quintets and octet by Max Bruch was rewarded the Choc de
Classica in 2021.
Since 2014 she has been second concertmaster in the WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne. Ye Wu
plays a Joseph Rocca violin (1851), on loan from Mr. Jianquan Ge and Mr. Peng Bai.
