Pei-Ching Wu (TW)

Pei-Ching Wu
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Taiwanese marimbist Pei-Ching Wu, a founding member of the Ju Percussion Group, has served as principal of the ensemble since she was 18 years old and gives recitals regularly. Wu has commissioned and premiered a variety of new works for six mallets solo marimba. She has also performed at international music festivals in the Americas, Asia, Australia and Europe. In 1999, Wu was invited to perform with the Amadinda Percussion Group in Budapest Spring Festival. She also performed with Martha Argerich at the First Martha Argerich Music Festival in Taipei in 2001 and was featured in Asian Women Marimbists Concert at the 5th Taipei International Percussion Convention in 2005.
 
In 2009, Wu was nominated for the 8th Taishin Arts Award with “The Glamorous Match,” a duet of percussion and piano. She was invited to perform at Marimba 2010 International Festival and Conference to critical acclaim. In 2012, Wu was nominated for the 10th Taishin Arts Award with “2011 Pei-Ching Wu Marimba Recital”.
 
Wu obtained her master's degree in Percussion Performance from Northern Illinois University in 1994. With dissertation entitled Extended Multiple Mallet Performance in Keyboard Percussion which illustrates six-mallet techniques through two Taiwanese compositions, Wu earned her doctorate from West Virginia University in 2005. She studied percussion with Ju, Tzong-Ching, Keiko Abe, Robert Chappell, Richard Holly and Tim Peterman.
 
Presently, Wu is the principal of the Ju Percussion Group and an assistant professor of music at the Taipei National University of the Arts, National Taipei University of Education and Shih Chien University. Highly acclaimed for her astonishing performances Pei Ching  Wu is considered as one of the greatest female performers of her generation.