violinist

Nancy Wu

About

Nancy Wu has served as Associate Concertmaster of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra since 1989.

Born in New Brunswick, New Jersey, she grew up in Los Angeles where she studied with Manuel Compinsky and performed as a soloist with the Los Angeles Philharmonic at the age of 13. As a pupil of Gennady Kleyman, she graduated from Stanford University and thereafter was a Fulbright scholar at the Hochschule für Musik in Vienna under the tutelage of Rainer Küchl. She was a member of the Vienna Chamber Orchestra, and from 1987 to 1988 was Principal Second of the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra. She has performed frequently with the MET Chamber Ensemble and has been a guest artist of the Verbier Music Festival, Chamber Music Society of Martha's Vineyard, Fondation Giannada in Martigny, Switzerland, Linton Music Series in Cincinnati, Manchester Music Festival, Salt Bay Chamberfest and Music from Salem. Ms. Wu has been a coach for the UBS Verbier Festival Orchestra since its founding in 2000. She is an exclusive artist with Thomastik-Infeld Strings. Ms. Wu lives in Pleasantville, New York, with her husband, Met Orchestra Principal double bassist Leigh Mesh and their two children, Guinevere and Wolfram.