These concerts are the North Carolina Symphony debut for Wei Wu.

Wei Wu trained at Washington National Opera’s Cafritz Young Artist program, the People’s University of China, Beijing, and the University of Colorado Boulder. His 2024/25 season began for Wu with Los Angeles Opera in Gounod’s Roméo et Juliette and Puccini’s Madama Butterfly. He appeared with Austin Opera for Verdi’s Requiem and traveled to China for Verdi’s Rigoletto with the Shanghai Symphony.

The 2023/24 season included house debuts as Kōbun in Mason Bates’ The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs with San Francisco Opera and as Zuniga in Bizet’s Carmen with The Metropolitan Opera. Wu portrayed Kōbun in the world premiere of The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs at Santa Fe Opera and appears on the cast live recording, which won Best Opera Recording at the 2019 Grammy Awards.

On the symphonic stage, Wu’s appearances include the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra as Rocco in Beethoven’s Fidelio, Kansas City Symphony for Mozart’s Requiem, and Verdi’s Requiem with The Orchestra Now at Bard College and the West Virginia Symphony.