Wei-ting

Wei-Ting Wu was born in Tainan, Taiwan in 1994, where he began playing the violin at the age of 6. In 2008 Wei-Ting moved to England to pursue his study at the Yehudi Menuhin School, where he studied with violin professors Akiko Ono and Lutsia Ibragimova. In 2013, Wei-Ting was offered a scholarship to the Royal College of Music in London where he continued to study with Ibragimova. He is currently studying artist diploma degree at RCM with Professor Radu Blidar with scholarship provided by Lydia Napper award.

Wei-Ting has been performing extensively as a soloist and a chamber musician through out these years. He has performed in venues such as the Wigmore Hall, Royal Festival Hall, Menuhin Hall, Windsor Castle, The National Gallery London, Royal Ballade school, University of Cambridge (Clare Hall), Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall, RCM Britten Theatre, and numerous venues in Taiwan such as Tainan Municipal Arts Centre, Dadong Arts Centre, Kaohsiung Culture Centre, Chimei Museum and the Taiwan National recital hall.

Wei-Ting has performed together with musicians including Valeriy Sokolov, Charlie Siem, Alina Ibragimova, Tasmin Little and Stephen Picard, and has had masterclasses with musicians including Viktor Tretiakov, Alina Ibragimova, Zahkar Bron, Maxim Vengerov and the Wihan Quartet. He has also performed concertos with orchestras such as Taiwan Soloist Orchestra, Kaohsiung Symphony Orchestra, Taiwan Artist Symphony Orchestra and Royal College of Music Symphony Orchestra.

Wei-Ting performs on a violin, on loan to him by kind permission of the Chi-Mei Cultural Foundation of Tainan, Taiwan.

Availability: Flexible, we can discuss the time over the phone or via email.

Willing to travel: 10 miles

Experience: I have been teaching students privately in various levels; students from beginning level to students who are studying in music high schools. I have a wide experience in establishing strong foundation in both technical and musical aspect of a student. I believe establishing a strong foundation is extremely important for music development of any student, therefore I am exceptionally cautious and diligent at directing student into the right direction.

Nearly every students will receive a mixture of scales, studies and pieces. For lower level students, I will focus more on basic techniques such as posture, in conjunction with studies and scales. I believe establishing firm foundation is really important for lower level students. However, for higher level students where techniques are well established, I will emphasis more on musicality, where students will get to play more pieces during each lesson.

Having lived much of my life in music, I strive to inspire all of my students to play and appreciate classical music in the way that has been shown to me. Having greatly benefitted from the teaching of renowned teachers in the Russian school, I am excited to be able to help my own students progress with the same methods.
I do recognise that each student has a different personality and different goals at any one point in time, and strive to tailor lessons to the individual. However, I do believe strongly in the importance of a solid technical foundation, as this goes beyond simple ability to play. Bad habits can lead to frustration, loss of motivation, and ultimately impede progress, so it is very important for players of all levels to think about technique as well as performance. For more serious students, we can examine technique in detail to provide the foundation that will allow them to advance to any level of performance. For more casual students, we can work to find the balance that allows them to enjoy playing their instrument without developing roadblocks.

As I had been working with many profound professors, I would like to pass on what I have learned and known to pupil who takes violin seriously. However, every student has different personality and goal at different stage, I would personally teach everyone differently to help them find passions in music in order to achieve their goal.