Taiwanese-American cellist Alex Wu is an educator, chamber musician, and orchestral performer based in Miami, where he is currently a cello fellow with the New World Symphony. His work focuses on collaborative music-making with artists from diverse cultural and academic backgrounds.

A recipient of the Penn State University Brewster Music Grant, Alex made his solo debut with the Warminster Symphony in 2010. Since then, he has appeared as a soloist with ensembles including the Penn State Philharmonic, Lansdowne Symphony, Old York Road Symphony, Southeastern Pennsylvania Symphony, and the Orchestre de la Francophonie. In 2018, he was selected as a National YoungArts Foundation merit scholar in classical music. In 2021, he was one of two American semi-finalists at the IX Annarosa Taddei International Music Competition in Rome, where he performed works by Rachmaninoff, Beethoven, and Shostakovich, as well as the commissioned piece Quattro Miniature by Giancarlo Simonacci.

As a chamber musician, Alex has performed throughout the United States, South America, Europe, and Asia. He has appeared at festivals including the Caramoor International Music Festival, Sarasota Music Festival, Manchester Music Festival, Mount Gretna Music Festival, Texas Chamber Music Institute, Saint Paul Chamber Music Institute, and the Greenlake Chamber Music Festival. A founding member of the ensemble HEXTET, he was a semi-finalist at the Coltman Chamber Music Competition and currently serves as an artist-in-residence at Arcadia University.

As an orchestral musician, Alex performs with the New World Symphony. He has previously held positions with Symphony in C and has appeared with the Baltimore Symphony, Virginia Symphony, and Orchestre de la Francophonie. Additional orchestral engagements include fellowships at the Pacific Music Festival, Music Academy of the West, Spoleto Festival USA, and the New York String Orchestra Seminar.

As an educator, Alex has taught and coached chamber music at the University of Maryland Baltimore County, the International School of Music, and the Miami Music Project. He served as artist-in-residence and artistic director of Concerts at Roland Park Place during the 2024–2025 season.

Alex earned his master’s degree from the Peabody Institute of Johns Hopkins University, where he studied with Alan Stepansky. He holds a bachelor’s degree from the Schreyer Honors College at Pennsylvania State University in political science and music performance, and has studied with Kim Cook, Jon Dexter, and Jeffrey Solow.

He plays a German Neuner & Hornsteiner cello made in 1906.