Eric Lu (Piano)
Born: 15th December 1997, Massachusetts, United States
Nationality: Chinese-American
Artist's website: https://www.ericlupianist.com/#/home
The Chinese-American pianist Eric Lu was born in Bedford, Massachusetts in 1997, and began playing the piano at the age of six; he studies at the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, and his teachers include Jonathan Biss, Đặng Thái Sơn and Robert McDonald. Following impressive early showings at the XVII International Chopin Piano Competition in 2015 and the Moscow International Fryderyk Chopin Competition for Young Pianists, Lu came to international prominence in September 2018 when he took first prize and the Terence Judd-Hallé Orchestra Prize at the Leeds International Piano Competition; immediately afterwards he was signed by Warner Classics and Askonas Holt, and a recording of his winning performance of Beethoven’s Fourth Piano Concerto (with Edward Gardner and The Hallé) was released on Warner in November 2018.
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Interview,
Eric Lu on Schubert
The pianist talks about his recent album of Schubert sonatas, his empathy for the troubled composer, and his unique relationship with his music.
Interview,
Eric Lu on Chopin, Brahms and Schumann
The Leeds International Piano Competition winner talks to Katherine about his first studio recording, released on Warner Classics last month.