Praised by the Baltimore Sun for his “poised and polished presentation” and Montecito Journal for his “deeply personal” and “earnest” stage presence, Taiwanese-American cellist, Alex Wu, is an educator, chamber, and orchestral musician who seeks to curate collaborative music-making experiences with classical artists of various cultural and academic backgrounds. Based in Miami, he is a cello fellow with the New World Symphony.

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 Penn State Philharmonic, Lansdowne Symphony, Old York Road Symphony, and the Southeastern Pennsylvania Symphony. Most recently, Alex has also performed as a soloist with Orchestre de la Francaphonie. In 2018, he was selected as a National YoungArts Foundation merit scholar in classical music and has also been invited as a professional performance artist at the Boston Music Institute's 12-hour masterclass program, working closely with members of the Boston Symphony Orchestra and the Berlin Philharmonic. In the fall of 2021, he became one of two American semi-finalists to compete in the IXth Annarosa Taddei International Music Competition in Rome, Italy, where he performed sonatas by Rachmaninoff, Beethoven, Shostakovich, and the commissioned work "Quattro Miniature" for cello and piano by revered Italian composer, Giancarlo Simonacci.

​As a chamber musician, Alex has performed across the United States, South America, Europe, and Asia with various ensembles. In recent years, he has been invited to perform at 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. As a founding member of HEXTET, he has also competed as a semi-finalist at the Coltman Chamber Music Competition and serves as an artist-in-residence at Arcadia University.

As an orchestral musician, Alex currently performs as a cellist in the New World Symphony. Previously a cellist with Symphony in C, he has also performed with the Baltimore Symphony, Virginia Symphony, and Orchestre de la Francaphonie. Other orchestral engagements include fellowship invitations to the Pacific Music Festival, Music Academy of the West, Spoleto Festival USA, and the New York String Orchestra Seminar.

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

Alex received his master’s 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. He is also an alumnus of the Temple University Boyer College of Music Prep program, studying with Jeffrey Solow.

​Alex plays on a German Neuner & Hornsteiner cello made in 1906.

Outside of music, Alex is an avid outdoorsman and hobbyist. As an Eagle Scout, he enjoys hiking, camping, canoeing, and archery in his spare time. Alex is also a brother of the Lambda Phi Epsilon International Fraternity Inc. and remains active in the Greek life community.