Christine Wu
{{short description|Taiwanese-German-American violinist}}
{{about|the violinist|the mechanical engineer|Christine Q. Wu}}
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Christine Wu is a musician who plays and composes for acoustic and electric violin and cello. Born to a Taiwanese father and a German American mother in Germany,{{Cite web|date=|title=Bio|url=http://www.wutunes.com/?page_id=112|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190630134002/http://www.wutunes.com/?page_id=112|archive-date=2019-06-30|access-date=2021-09-04|website=Christine Wu}}{{Cite magazine|last=|first=|date=2013-09-10|title=From Keith Urban to The Voice: Christine Wu Can Throw Down and Do a Hoedown|url=https://charactermedia.com/fall-2013-pop-arazzi-christine-wu/|magazine=Audrey Magazine|language=en-US|access-date=2021-09-04}}{{Cite web|title=Christine Wu|url=https://www.pbssocal.org/shows/laart/clip/laart-christine-wu|access-date=2021-09-04|website=PBS SoCal|language=en}} she moved to the United States at a young age. She began her professional career as an orchestral musician before relocating to Los Angeles to work in the recording, film, and television industries. She performs, composes, and arranges for live performances, records, film and gaming soundtracks{{Cite web|last=Savas|first=Kaya|date=2013-09-26|title=Composer Interview: Christine Wu|url=https://filmmusicmedia.podbean.com/e/composer-interview-christine-wu-september-26-2013/|url-status=live|access-date=2021-09-04|website=Film.Music.Media: Podcast|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210904122345/https://filmmusicmedia.podbean.com/e/composer-interview-christine-wu-september-26-2013/ |archive-date=September 4, 2021 }} and commercial jingles.{{cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Christine Wu|url=http://www.instrumentalcasting.com/viewmusiciang.php?serial=522|url-status=live|website=Instrumental Casting|publisher=|doi=|accessdate=2014-05-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303224051/http://www.instrumentalcasting.com/viewmusiciang.php?serial=522 |archive-date=March 3, 2016 }}
Education
Wu began studying violin at age two-and-a-half using the Suzuki method.{{cite web|last=Ottman|first=Ana|date=2011-12-25|title=Vienna Concert Halls and Swedish Death Metal: A Conversation With Christine Wu|url=http://jackmovemag.com/2011/12/25/vienna-concert-halls-and-swedish-death-metal-a-conversation-with-christine-wu/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304023036/http://jackmovemag.com/2011/12/25/vienna-concert-halls-and-swedish-death-metal-a-conversation-with-christine-wu/|archive-date=2016-03-04|website=Jack Move Magazine|accessdate=|archiveurl=|archivedate=}}
She completed a four-year degree in violin performance from Duquesne University. She went on to earn a Master of Music from the University of Southern California with a full scholarship, studying with pedagogue Robert Lipsett of the Colburn School.
Performance highlights
{{As of|2017|February}}, Wu is the touring solo violinist with the Game of Thrones Live Concert Experience. After graduating from Duquesne, she toured for one year with the St. Louis Symphony orchestra. In 2001, after graduating from USC, she obtained a tenured position with the Houston Symphony, becoming one of their youngest members.{{Cite web|last=Mathieu|first=Jennifer|date=2003-02-20|title=Going Baroque|url=https://www.houstonpress.com/news/going-baroque-6557279|url-status=live|access-date=2021-09-04|website=Houston Press|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210904122345/https://www.houstonpress.com/news/going-baroque-6557279 |archive-date=September 4, 2021 }} Her years as an orchestral violinist took her to Carnegie Hall and many other concert halls throughout the U.S., Europe and the Caribbean.
In 2006 Wu relocated to Los Angeles, California to write and perform.
She has since performed as soloist, arranged, and recorded for David Foster,{{cite news|last=Oldenburg|first=Ann|date=2013-04-09|title='Dancing' eliminates another ailing celeb|work=USA Today|publisher=|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/people/2013/04/09/dancing-with-the-stars-eliminates-lisa-vanderpump/2069397/|doi=|accessdate=2014-05-13}} Paul Anka,{{cite web|last=|first=|date=2012-08-05|title=Paul Anka Jubilation Violin Solo Ibiza|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rHdxyKNuWAs|url-status=live|website=YouTube|publisher=|doi=|accessdate=2014-05-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160722094647/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rHdxyKNuWAs |archive-date=July 22, 2016 }} Billy Ray Cyrus,{{cite news
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| accessdate = 2014-05-13}} A.R. Rahman,{{Cite web|date=2010-10-18|title=Christine Wu Selects Eventide for A.H. Rahman Jai Ho World Tour|url=http://www.eventide.com:80/News/User%20Profiles/Christine%20Wu.aspx|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150316040208/http://www.eventide.com:80/News/User%20Profiles/Christine%20Wu.aspx|archive-date=2015-03-16|access-date=2021-09-04|website=Eventide}} and Lorne Balfe.{{cite web
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She has also performed on The Voice, American Idol, Dancing with the Stars, The Tonight Show, and the Grammy Awards telecast.
In 2014 she received notoriety for playing the electric violin while doing a backbend in Billy Ray Cyrus' video for "Achy Breaky 2", a remake of "Achy Breaky Heart".{{Cite news|last=Ogilvie|first=Jessica|date=2014-03-07|title=The music moves violinist Christine Wu — a lot|language=en-US|website=Los Angeles Times|url=https://www.latimes.com/health/la-xpm-2014-mar-07-la-he-five-questions-wu-20140315-story.html|access-date=2021-09-04}}
Wu worked with rap star South Park Mexican (SPM) on the album The Last Chair Violinist. She was featured on the songs "Are We Real" and "The Last Chair Violinist".{{Citation needed|date=September 2021}}
Instruments
Wu plays a 1777 Lorenzo Storioni violin, and a Yamaha SV-255 and SVC-110SK.{{Cite web|title=Christine Wu {{!}} Yamaha Artists|url=https://www.yamaha.com/artists/artistdetailb.html?CNTID=5802583&CTID=5070070&AFLG=A|url-status=live|access-date=2021-09-04|website=Yamaha.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305075034/http://www.yamaha.com/artists/artistdetailb.html?CNTID=5802583&CTID=5070070&AFLG=A |archive-date=March 5, 2016 }} She also plays and composes on a Bösendorfer 185 piano.
References
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External links
- [http://www.wutunes.com Official website]
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Category:American women violinists
Category:American musicians of Taiwanese descent
Category:American women musicians of Chinese descent
Category:Year of birth missing (living people)