Johnna Wu

Dr. Johnna Wu is a violinist and improviser active in North America, Europe, and Asia. Since making her solo debut performance with the Indianapolis Symphony at the age of eight, she has performed internationally and most recently at the Lucerne Festival, Electroacoustic Festival in Chile, cheLA Buenos Aires, Toyama International Contemporary Music Festival in Japan, University Museum of Contemporary Art in Mexico City, the Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival, Donaueschingen Musiktage, the Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg, Carnegie Hall, the Berlin Philharmonie, Paris Philharmonie, Guangzhou Opera House, and the Banff Centre in Canada. 

She is the founder, artistic and executive director of the New York-based electroacoustic ensemble PinkNoise. In 2015, she was awarded the Fulbright scholarship to pursue research in Germany. She graduated from Columbia University with a Bachelor of Arts degrees in biology and music, with a concentration in pre-medical studies and later obtained a Master of Music degree in violin performance at The Juilliard School. She has a Doctor of Musical Arts from Graduate Center-CUNY. She also serves on the violin faculty at CUNY-Staten Island and was a co-curator and faculty member at the Lucerne Festival in Switzerland from 2021-2024.