ABOUT ANNIE
Of flutist Annie Wu, The Mercury News said, “This artist, it seems, can do anything.” ​Her multifaceted and interdisciplinary career as an award-winning flutist, seasoned events professional, and educator at Juilliard aims to spark curiosity and connection through classical music.
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Award-Winning Flutist
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In 2015, Wu won first prize in the Astral Artists’ national audition as the youngest artist on their roster. She took first prizes at the James Pappoutsakis Flute Competition, Yamaha Young Performing Artist Competition, and YoungArts National Competition, and was named a Presidential Scholar in the Arts. As a concerto soloist, Wu has performed with the San Francisco Symphony, Vienna International Orchestra, California Symphony, Kentucky Symphony Orchestra, West Virginia Symphony, Livermore-Amador Symphony, and more, and recitals have taken her to Boston’s Jordan Hall, Strathmore’s Mansion, and D.C.’s Phillips Collection.
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Events Professional
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Drawing upon her experience as a culinary events manager at the James Beard Foundation and a Brooklyn hydroponic farm, Wu shapes classical music events that center community. Highlights include a mushroom themed concert-dinner and a dessert-inspired album with over 3 million streams on Spotify, leading to a show with dessert pairings at a chocolate factory. Her academic and creative background in literature shines in her unique storytelling approach to live programs, that weaves vulnerable personal writing with musical selections.​
Educator
Wu's pedagogical and research interests lie in the narrative possibilities of music across mediums. She was a faculty member of Juilliard’s Preparatory Division, teaching her own elective on literature and music, and will join the Juilliard Extension Division faculty in Summer 2025 for her music appreciation course through the lens of other art forms. Her research paper on music’s narrative power in Goethe’s Mignon Lieder received Harvard University’s Hoopes Prize, and her ideas have been presented in Symphony Magazine, Alfred Music, the New Jersey Flute Society, the Flute Center blog, and more.
Wu holds a B.A. magna cum laude in Comparative Literature from Harvard University and an M.M. from New England Conservatory as a part of the Harvard-NEC Dual Degree Program, studying with Paula Robison.
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She plays a custom Powell flute.
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Contact Annie for teaching inquiries and repertoire list.
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Photo by Mikhail Lipyanskiy.