Yuru Wu

Yuru Wu, an outstanding clarinetist, is the Associate Principal Clarinetist of the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra, an F. Arthur Uebel Artist. She has loved music since childhood and studied at the High School and University affiliated to the Xi'an Conservatory of Music under the famous clarinet pedagogue Professor Chi Zheng. In 2004, she joined the China Philharmonic Orchestra and stood out among many outstanding players. She was named the outstanding musician in the clarinet section of the orchestra. Since joining the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra in 2009, Wu has performed with many world-class conductors, performers and symphony orchestras over the past two decades, including the Berlin Prima Ensemble, Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Maestro Yu Long, Riccardo Muti, Zubin Mehta, Jaap van Zweden, Zheng Mingxun; and soloists Lang Lang, Yujia Wang, Yoyo Ma, etc. Wu has performed with the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra in more than a dozen countries and at world-famous music festivals and concert halls. For example, Lucerne Music Festival in Switzerland, BBC Proms in the UK, Elb Concertgebouw in Hamburg, Royal Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, Carnegie Hall in New York, etc. Her album with the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra for DG Records has been nominated for the 2020 ICMA International Classical Music Award.