Acclaim
“…most of the works sounded too easy for [Di Wu’s] prodigious digits…Her account of the Brahms [Variations on a Theme by Paganini] is amazing. She takes all the difficult options (her octave glissandos are unbelievable!), and she conjures from the piano absolutely gossamer, violinistic textures, joyous humor, and brilliant airborne tempos.” – Musical America
“…pianist Wu was remarkable as soloist. In the Adagio movement of [Beethoven’s] Piano Concerto No. 2, Wu’s tone was so soft and pure as to almost melt the piano.” – Asbury Park Press
“…Di Wu, a lissome young woman whose zesty, powerful, and heartfelt performances should soon lead to a recording contract…” – The Wall Street Journal
“Wu is a young pianist of formidable technique and great energy who attacked some of the most outrageously difficult writing of the 19th-century showboat repertoire with confidence and power…Wu’s textures were clear and her sound heroic…[tempi] were ideal for Wu’s fleet finger work. Her reading of Ständchen was warmly emotional, which suited it, and the closing Erlkönig was a flurry of blazing, rapid octaves…Wu’s ability to generate a ferocious amount of sound was impressive…real sparkle and flair…Di Wu is only 22, but she’s already a very fine pianist who I’m confident will have a long, strong career.” – Greg Stepanich, Palm Beach Post
“[Di Wu’s] playing exhibits a physicality that is both athletic and balletic. She balanced lush sensuality with a charming playfulness – it was a riveting quality…Unlike other virtuosic soloists, it was not the dramatic intensity and fireworks which captivated, but the effortless, almost enchanted quality of her focus and ability.” – Island Packet
“Pianist Di Wu was so capable in [Rachmaninoff’s Concerto No. 3],…in an eventful interpretation never dictated by technical necessities. She was a paragon of flexible rubato, but also used rhythmic rigidity to make the music speak in unexpected ways. She played against the piece’s bigness with Mozartean delicacy but blazed in moments that can’t do anything else…” – The Philadelphia Inquirer
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