"You don’t always know where Bruce Liu is taking you, but you feel compelled to follow him"
First Prize winner of the 18th International Chopin Piano Competition 2021 in Warsaw, Bruce Liu has emerged as one of the most compelling pianists of his generation — a musician praised not only for his dazzling technique, but for his curiosity and artistry that combines "nimble versatility" (New York Times) and "playing of breathtaking beauty" (BBC Music Magazine).
High in demand, he recently performed with many of the world's finest ensembles including the London Symphony Orchestra, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Philadelphia Orchestra, Wiener Symphoniker, with conductors including Manfred Honeck, Paavo Järvi, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Sir Antonio Pappano, Lahav Shani, and Dalia Stasevska.
In summer 2025, Liu makes his anticipated BBC Proms debut with the Philharmonia Orchestra and Santtu-Matias Rouvali, Chicago Symphony Orchestra with Marin Alsop at Ravinia, and goes on European tours with the NCPA Orchestra and Myung-Whun Chung, and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra with Vasily Petrenko.
Highlights of Liu's 2025/2026 season include several major international tours including Japan with Bavarian State Opera Orchestra and Vladimir Jurowski, China with the Staatskapelle Dresden and Daniele Gatti, and Germany, Austria, Belgium and Paris with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and Kazuki Yamada. As a spotlight artist with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Liu appears multiple times in the season to collaborate with Franz-Welser-Möst and Gustavo Gimeno.
