Taiwanese-American cellist, Alex Wu, is a recitalist, educator, chamber, and orchestral musician who seeks to curate collaborative music-making experiences with classical artists of various cultural and academic backgrounds. Based in Philadelphia, he is a member of HEXTET and is a cellist with Symphony in C.

A recipient of the Penn State University Brewster Music Grant, Alex debuted with the Warminster Symphony in 2010 and has since then performed as a soloist with the Lansdowne, Old York, and Southeastern Pennsylvania symphony orchestras. As a chamber musician, he has been invited to perform at the Caramoor International, Manchester Music Festival, Mount Gretna Music Festival, and the Saint Paul Chamber Music Institute.

As an orchestral musician, Alex currently serves as a cellist in Symphony in C and the Peabody Orchestras. Previously the assistant principal for the Penn State Philharmonic and the Philadelphia Sinfonia, he has also performed as principal for Carnegie Hall’s National Youth Orchestra of the USA. Other orchestral engagements include positions in the New York String Orchestra and the Music Academy of the West Festival Orchestra.

As an educator, Alex is a guest artist faculty at the University of Maryland Baltimore County and is an artist-in-residence at Arcadia University.

Currently, Alex is a masters student at the Peabody Institute of Johns Hopkins University under the tutelage of Alan Stepansky. As a graduate of the Schreyer Honors College at the Pennsylvania State University in political science and music performance, he has also studied extensively with Kim Cook and Jon Dexter.