Xiaofu Ju

Pianist Xiaofu Ju started learning piano at the age of 4. He is a graduate from Music Middle School Affiliated to Shanghai Conservatory of Music, where he studied with Ting Zhou. Ju is currently pursuing his Bachelor of Music Degree at The Juilliard School under the tutelage of Yoheved Kaplinsky. In 2019, he published a collection of his poetry, “On the Path Seeking for the Ruins of Spring.” Since his orchestral debut at age 14 with Shanghai Philharmonic, where he performed Beethoven Piano Concerto No.3, he has successfully played with orchestras including European Union Symphony, China Central Opera House, Shanghai Philharmonic, Shanghai Opera House, Japan Gunma Symphony, Russian Ке́меров National Symphony, Jiangsu Symphony, and the Hong Kong Youth Philharmonic. Ju has had the honor to study and play for many influential pianists, including Jörg Demus, Gary Graffman, Tamas Vasary, Vladimir Viardo, Jerome Lowenthal, Arie Vardi, Shikun Liu, Boris Berman, Dina Yoffe, Robert Levin, Pavlina Dokovska, Dimitri Alexeev, Vladimir Ovchinnikov, Leif-Ove Andsnes.