Jun Lin Wu

Jun Lin Wu
Chinese pianist Jun Lin Wu, born in 1997, has established himself internationally thanks to his solid training and numerous successes in prestigious piano competitions.

In 2023, he achieved one of the most significant milestones of his career by winning first prize at the Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli International Piano Competition in Brescia, along with the special prize for the best performance of a Mazurka by Fryderyk Chopin.
Jun Lin earned a place to study at the Royal College of Music in Professor Dmitri Alexeev's studio, supported by a seven-year full scholarship from Mr. & Mrs Bowerman and Steinway. During his second and third years there, he also won second prize in the Beethoven Sonata Piano Competition and first prize of the Chappell Medal at the Royal College of Music. In the summer of 2018, Jun Lin won first prize at the "In Musica" Roma International Piano Competition in Italy. At the end of that year, he won first prize at the Jacques Samuel Piano Competition in London, which led to his debut recital at Wigmore Hall in March 2019 and the recording of his first album. In the summer of 2022, he won second prize, the Scriabin Special Prize, and the Audience Prize at both the Scriabin Piano Competition and the Lyon Piano Competition.
After graduating from the Royal College of Music with an Artist Diploma, Jun Lin was appointed to a teaching position in the piano faculty of the Zhejiang Conservatory of Music in China, where he was named "Representative Artist." In November 2022, he reached the semi-final and won the Chopin Special Prize at the 12th Paderewski International Piano Competition in Bydgoszcz, Poland, and in 2023 he reached the semi-final and won the Best Australian Piece Prize at the Sydney International Piano Competition.
Since beginning his studies in 2015, Jun Lin has performed extensively across the UK, Spain, Italy, France, Poland, and beyond, in recitals, chamber music concerts, and solo appearances with orchestra. He is a well-known pianist within the Royal College of Music and across European music societies.