Eric Lu

Born in Massachusetts in 1997, Eric Lu first came to international attention as a prize-winner at the 2015 Chopin International Competition in Warsaw, aged just 17. He previously won the 2015 US National Chopin Competition and was awarded the International German Piano Award in 2017. He is a Curtis Institute of Music graduate, studying with Robert McDonald and Jonathan Biss. He is also a pupil of Dang Thai Son. Eric is now based in Berlin and Boston.

Eric Lu won First Prize at The Leeds International Piano Competition in 2018, the first American to win the prestigious prize since Murray Perahia. He made his BBC Proms debut the following summer and is currently a member of the BBC New Generation Artist scheme. Eric is a recipient of the 2021 Avery Fisher Career Grant and an exclusive Warner Classics recording artist.