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 the Rosen String Quartet 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. Most recently, Alex was the winner of the Penn State Philharmonic concerto competition, performing the Shostakovich concerto under the baton of Gerardo Edelstein. 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, Mount Gretna Music Festival, Harpa International Music Academy, Saint Paul Chamber Music Institute, Penn’s Woods Music Festival, and the Greenlake Chamber Music Festival. Alex has also been invited as a Manchester Music Festival Young Artist, performing celebrated chamber works across the southern Vermont region. He has worked with and been mentored by esteemed chamber musicians such as Tom Rosenberg, Andrew Armstrong, Peter Wiley, Paul Watkins, Pamela Frank, Arnold Steinhardt, Steven Tenenbom, and Michael Kannen.

As an orchestral musician, Alex currently serves as a cellist in Symphony in C and the Peabody Concert Orchestra. Previously the assistant principal for the Penn State Philharmonic and the Philadelphia Sinfonia, he has also performed as principal for the 2017 National Youth Orchestra of the USA under the baton of Marin Alsop. Returning for their 2018 season, Alex again traveled with the National Youth Orchestra under the direction of Michael Tilson-Thomas. In their 2019 and 2020 season, he joined the New York String Orchestra Seminar and performed with the ensemble under the direction of Jaime Laredo. Other orchestral engagements include fellowship invitations to the Music Academy of the West, the Aspen Music Festival, Miami Music Festival, and Orchestre de la Francophonie.

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. He is also an alumni of the Temple University Boyer College of Music Prep program, studying with Jeffrey Solow.

Alex plays on a 1997 Goffriller inspired cello by William Harris Lee & Company located in Chicago, Illinois.

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.