Zihao Wu entered the Central Conservatory of Music, Piano Academy at Gulangyu at the age of eleven. While in school, he was the recipient of many scholarships, including the Yamaha Scholarship, and performed on China Central Television in 2012 and 2016. In 2017, Mr Wu entered the Cleveland Institute of Music as a student of Dr Daniel Shapiro. Mr Wu entered the Master’s degree programme at the Juilliard School in 2021, as a student of leading concert pianist Sergei Babayan. Now, he is continuing his studies with Mr Babayan in Meadows School of Arts for an Artist Diploma.

At the age of fourteen, he gave a performance tour in Austria, Germany, France, and Poland, and made his orchestral debut with the Bydgoszcz Symphony Orchestra in Poland. He then started to play with many major orchestras in China. He has performed as a soloist with the Xiamen Philharmonic Orchestra at the Fujian Opera House in 2017, and the Qingdao Philharmonic Orchestra at the Shandong Art Center in 2019. His first solo recital debut was at the age of thirteen. At the age of sixteen, he received concert engagements in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, and Qingdao, among other major cities of China, performing the complete 24 Chopin Études. Mr Wu was awarded a full scholarship to the 2019 Pianofest in the Hamptons, NY, where he was an audience favourite. Engagements followed in New York, Los Angeles, New Orleans, and Miami.

Mr Wu was also a prizewinner in several national and international competitions such as the Hong Kong Chopin Competition and the Yamaha Scholarship competition, and he received The Sadie Zellen Piano Prize in 2021.