Charlie Wu recently attracted worldwide attention when he won the Grand Prix in the world’s most prestigious piano competition for pre-college students, the Grand Piano competition in Moscow. Charlie stunned the Russian jury with his interpretation of Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No 3, performing with the Moscow Philharmonic. Charlie has just returned from St Petersburg where he was invited to perform with the Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra.
The program showcases Charlie’s extraordinary technical command and musical versatility, featuring some of the most virtuosic and exhilarating works in the piano repertoire. From the breathtaking intensity of Liszt’s Mazeppa and Réminiscences de Don Juan, and the dazzling brilliance of Ravel’s Scarbo, to the poetic lyricism of Scriabin’s Fantasy in B minor and Chopin’s Nocturne in E-flat major, the program offers a captivating journey through the Romantic and early twentieth-century piano repertoire, complemented by a selection of Chopin’s celebrated Études.