CBC Music 30 Under 30
Vanessa Yu
About Vanessa
Biography
Vanessa has presented solo and chamber programs for series including the Scarborough Philharmonic Orchestra’s New Generation Artist Celebration, Confluence Concerts, and Thursdays at Noon at the University of Toronto. Most recently, Vanessa gave solo recitals for the International Holland Music Sessions in the Netherlands and the Nine Sparrows Arts Foundation in Canada...
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
April 16, 2023
Kitchener-Waterloo Chamber Orchestra: Winners’ Showcase
3:00PM @ Knox Presbyterian Church (Waterloo, ON, Canada)
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 1 – Matthew Jones, conductor; Vanessa Yu, soloist
Tickets available here.
April 18, 2023
Third Year Recital
2:30PM @ University of Toronto Faculty of Music – Geiger Torel Room (Toronto, ON, Canada)
Solo works by Haydn, Debussy, Scriabin, and more; degree recital as partial fulfillment of the BMusPerf degree
April 29, 2023
Odin Quartet
7:00PM @ Infiniti Strings Hall (Markham, ON, Canada)
Schumann: Piano Quintet – Alex Toskov, violin; Tanya Charles Iveniuk, violin; Matt Antal, viola; Samuel Bisson, cello; Vanessa Yu, piano
May, 2023
Scarborough Philharmonic Orchestra: New Generation Artist Celebration
Virtual Performance Series
Solo works by Chopin, Debussy, and Santoro