CBC Music 30 Under 30
Vanessa Yu
About Vanessa
Biography
Raised in Toronto and currently based in Baltimore, Vanessa has given solo performances in Italy, Germany, Spain, Austria, the Netherlands, the United States, and across Canada at venues including Carnegie’s Weill Hall, the Vienna Konzerthaus, the Bradley Symphony Center, and the Chautauqua...
CBC Music | 2022 Edition
30 hot Canadian classical musicians under 30
The first thing to know about Vanessa Yu is that she's a cake fiend. "I will happily eat cake for any meal of the day," she admits. Of course, there are worse vices, and who knows, this one could be fuelling her success: Yu won the grand prize at the 2021 Pacific Rim International Music Competition, which comes with an invitation to perform at Carnegie Hall's Weill Recital Hall in January 2023...
Performances
May 2, 2026
Sinfonia Toronto
7:30PM @ George Weston Recital Hall (Toronto, ON, Canada)
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5 ("Emperor") – Nurhan Arman, conductor; Vanessa Yu, soloist