About Zihan Wu

Zihan Wu (b.2001) is a Chinese composer and pianist. Her music is often praised for its sophisticated and imaginative crafting of personal soundscapes. Her works have been featured at festivals such as the ECLAT Festival (Stuttgart), Rondò Season (Milan), and CEME Festival (Tel Aviv). She has also been selected as a composition fellow in the Ink Still Wet Composer-Conductor Workshop at the Grafenegg Festival, the DeGaetano Composition Institute with the Orchestra of St. Luke’s, and the Aspen Music Festival, among others.

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She has collaborated with ensembles such as Meitar Ensemble, Divertimento Ensemble, JACK Quartet, Fabrik Quartet, Ensemble Court-Circuit, Improta Ensemble, Yale Philharmonia, Eastman Musica Nova Ensemble, Eastman School Symphony Orchestra, and Ossia New Music Ensemble, with performances across North America, Europe, and Asia.

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Her works have received several awards, including First Prize in the Matan Givol International Composers Competition, First Prize in the Biennale “Annamaria Strano” Call for Scores, First Prize in the MaestrosVision International Composition Competition, First Prize in the Beijing International Composition Workshop, Third Prize in the Improta Ensemble Composition Competition, among others. She is also a recipient of the Yale Ezra Laderman Prize, Eastman Student Composition Award, Eastman Bernard Rogers Memorial Prize, and Louis Lane Prize.

Zihan recently completed her Master of Music in composition at the Yale School of Music and holds a Bachelor’s degree in both composition and piano performance from the Eastman School of Music. In Fall 2025, she will begin the Konzertexamen in composition at the Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln.

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