Eric Lu

Eric Lu fascinates me because his achievement is quietly historic. Winning both the 2025 Chopin Competition in Warsaw and the 2018 Leeds places him alongside only Radu Lupu among living pianists to claim two of the four great prizes. Born in 1997, he is still young, yet his playing reportedly favors inwardness over flash, which is exactly the temperament Chopin rewards. I admire artists who convince the world through restraint rather than spectacle. Watching how his interpretive depth matures over the next decade is, for me, one of the more exciting prospects in classical music.

Name (English)

Eric Lu

Name (Japanese)

エリック・ルー

Reading

えりっく・るー

Born

December 15, 1997 (age 28)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Sagittarius / Ox

Origin

Massachusetts, United States

Occupation

pianist / musician

• Official sitehttps://www.ericlupianist.com/
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/ericlupianist/
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric%20Lu
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A8%E3%83%AA%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BC
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21279310

Tags

• Massachusetts
• pianist
• musician

Last updated

2026-06-17

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