Wei Luo
2018 GILMORE YOUNG YOUNG ARTIST Wei Luo
Born in Shenzhen, China, Wei Luo began piano lessons at age five and gave her debut recital in Hong Kong at age six. She entered the Shenzhen Arts school at age nine, studying with Kang Yongze, and went on to study at the elementary and then middle schools of the Shanghai Conservatory of Music with Tang Zhe.
In 2012, at age 13, Ms. Luo was accepted to the Curtis Institute of Music, where she studied with Gary Graffman and Robert MacDonald, and earned a bachelor’s degree. In 2019 her self-titled debut album was released on Universal Music Group’s Decca Gold label. The album was featured by Gramophone on a list of exciting new releases. Of the recording, the San Diego Union Tribune wrote, “A dazzling artist with an astonishing range of colors at her disposal…(her) musicality suggests the experience of someone two decades older.”
Ms. Luo made her orchestra debut at age ten with the Shanghai Philharmonic Orchestra under the direction of Muhai Tang at the Shanghai Oriental Art Center, opening the 2011 season with Prokofiev’s Piano Concerto No. 3. Winner of numerous competitions in China, Ms. Luo also claimed first prize in the 11th Chopin International Competition for Young Pianists in Warsaw and the 2nd Rachmaninov International Piano Competition for Young Pianists in Frankfurt, both in 2010. In 2016, she was awarded a Career Grant from the Salon de Virtuosi, based in New York.
From 2021-2022, Wei gave a 30 concert recital tour throughout China’s major cities and venues, including Shanghai Concert Hall, Beijing National Center of Performing Art, Guangzhou Opera House, Harbin, Shenzhen, among others. She also performed with leading orchestras including China National Symphony Orchestra (Beethoven Concerto No. 4), Shanghai Symphony Orchestra, Guangzhou Symphony Orchestra (Rachmaninoff Concerto No. 2) and the National Center of Performing Arts Orchestra (Prokofiev Concerto No. 3 & Rachmaninoff Paganini Rhapsody). For World Sleep Day 2021, Wei participated in a campaign by Universal Music Group, along with 18 other UMG musicians worldwide, in which she recorded “Nocturne” by Grammy award winning composer Christopher Tin.