Praised by the Baltimore Sun for his “poised and polished presentation” and Montecito Journal for his “deeply personal” and “earnest” stage presence, Taiwanese-American cellist, Alex Wu, is an educator, chamber, and orchestral musician who seeks to curate collaborative music-making experiences with classical artists of various cultural and academic backgrounds. Based in Miami, he is a founding member of HEXTET and is a cellist with the New World Symphony.

A recipient of the Penn State University Brewster Music Grant, Alex debuted with the Warminster Symphony in 2010 and has since then performed as a soloist with the Lansdowne, Old York, and Southeastern Pennsylvania symphony orchestras. Most recently, Alex was the winner of the Penn State Philharmonic concerto competition, performing the Shostakovich concerto under the baton of Gerardo Edelstein. In 2018, he was selected as a National YoungArts Foundation merit scholar in classical music and has also been invited as a professional performance artist at the Boston Music Institute's 12-hour masterclass program, working closely with members of the Boston Symphony Orchestra and the Berlin Philharmonic. In the fall of 2021, he became one of two American semi-finalists to compete in the IXth Annarosa Taddei International Music Competition in Rome, Italy, where he performed sonatas by Rachmaninoff, Beethoven, Shostakovich, and the commissioned work "Quattro Miniature" for cello and piano by revered Italian composer, Giancarlo Simonacci.

​As a chamber musician, Alex has performed across the United States, South America, Europe, and Asia with various ensembles. In recent years, he has been invited to perform at the Caramoor International Music Festival, Sarasota Music Festival, Manchester Music Festival, Mount Gretna Music Festival, Texas Chamber Music Institute, Saint Paul Chamber Music Institute, and the Greenlake Chamber Music Festival. As a founding member of HEXTET, he has also competed as a semi-finalist at the Coltman Chamber Music Competition and serves as an artist-in-residence at Arcadia University.

As an orchestral musician, Alex currently serves as a cellist in Symphony in C ​and the Peabody Orchestras. Previously the assistant principal for the Penn State Philharmonic and the Philadelphia Sinfonia, he has also performed as principal for Carnegie Hall’s 2017 National Youth Orchestra of the USA under the baton of Marin Alsop. Returning for their 2018 season, Alex again traveled with NYO-USA with Michael Tilson-Thomas. In their 2019 and 2020 season, he was invited to join the New York String Orchestra Seminar and performed with the ensemble under the direction of Jaime Laredo. Other orchestral engagements include fellowship invitations to the Music Academy of the West, Pacific Music Festival, and Sarasota Music Festival.

As an educator, Alex is a guest teaching artist at the University of Maryland Baltimore County. In the past, he has also served teaching positions and coached chamber music at Penn State University, the International School of Music, and the Vivace Summer Strings Academy. He currently serves as the artist-in-residence and artistic director of Concerts at Roland Park Place.

Currently, Alex is a masters student at the Peabody Institute of Johns Hopkins University under the tutelage of Alan Stepansky. As a graduate of the Schreyer Honors College at the Pennsylvania State University in political science and music performance, he has also studied extensively with Kim Cook and Jon Dexter. He is also an alumnus of the Temple University Boyer College of Music Prep program, studying with Jeffrey Solow.

​Alex plays on a German Neuner & Hornsteiner cello made in 1906.

Outside of music, Alex is an avid outdoorsman and hobbyist. As an Eagle Scout, he enjoys hiking, camping, canoeing, and archery in his spare time. Alex is also a brother of the Lambda Phi Epsilon International Fraternity Inc. and remains active in the Greek life community.