Natasha Wu

Age: 24

Hometown: Fountain Valley, California

School/Teacher: New England Conservatory / Dang Thai Son

Natasha Wu started to play the piano under the guidance of her mother Joyce at age 6. She is the scholarship recipient of the 2021 Chi-Mei Arts Award and National Taiwan Symphony Orchestra Treasury of Young Musicians from 2018-2021 and 2024-2025. She won 1st prize at the 2010 Rosalyn Tureck International Bach Competition, 2nd prize at the 2011 Lee University International Festival and Piano Competition, Perfect Performance Award of Dumka at the 9th International Tchaikovsky Competition for Young Musicians, top prize at the 2019 David D. Dubois Piano Festival and Competition, and 4th prize at the 2022 Lyon International Piano Competition. Aside from working with the Berliner Symphoniker and conductor Lior Shambadal, Evergreen Symphony Orchestra, and National Taiwan Symphony Orchestra, Natasha participated in festivals such as the Morningside Music Bridge, PYPA Piano Festival, the Frost Chopin Acdemy and Piano Texas International Festival and Academy, where she collaborated with maestro Miguel Harth-Bedoya and the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra. After graduation from Oberlin Conservatory, Natasha continues to study with Dang Thai Son at New England Conservatory.

Repertoire

Preliminaries 

Ballade No. 3 in A flat Major, Op. 47 (Ekier)

Etude in A minor, Op. 10, No. 2 (Ekier)

Nocturne in C minor, Op. 48, No. 1 (Ekier)

Waltz in E flat Major, Op. 18 (Ekier)

 

Quarterfinals 

Impromptu in G-flat Major, Op. 51 (Paderewski)

Etude in C-sharp minor, Op.10, No.4 (Ekier)

Andante Spianato and Polonaise in E flat Major, Op. 22 (Ekier)

Preludes, Op.28, No.7-12 (Ekier)

Fantasy in F minor, Op. 49 (Ekier)

 

Semifinals 

Mazurkas, Op. 50 (Ekier)

Sonata in B minor, Op. 58 (Ekier)

Scherzo No.4 in E major, Op.54 (Paderewski)

 

Finals 

Polonaise-Fantasy, Op. 61(Ekier)

Concerto in F minor, Op. 21(Ekier)