CBC Music 30 Under 30
Vanessa Yu
About Vanessa
Biography
Raised in Toronto and currently based in Baltimore, Vanessa has given solo performances in Italy, Germany, Spain, Austria, the Netherlands, the United States, and across Canada at venues including Carnegie’s Weill Hall, the Vienna Konzerthaus, the Bradley Symphony Center, and the Chautauqua...
CBC Music | 2022 Edition
30 hot Canadian classical musicians under 30
The first thing to know about Vanessa Yu is that she's a cake fiend. "I will happily eat cake for any meal of the day," she admits. Of course, there are worse vices, and who knows, this one could be fuelling her success: Yu won the grand prize at the 2021 Pacific Rim International Music Competition, which comes with an invitation to perform at Carnegie Hall's Weill Recital Hall in January 2023...
Performances
April 5, 2026
Master of Music Graduating Recital
7:00PM ET @ Miriam A. Friedberg Concert Hall, Peabody Conservatory (Baltimore, MD, USA)
Works by Bach, Schumann, and Scriabin
April 25, 2026
Symphony Orchestra of Northern Virginia: Of Legends and Lore
7:00PM ET @ Bishop Ireton High School Auditorium (Alexandria, VA, USA)
Saint-Saëns: Piano Concerto No. 5 in F major, Op. 103 – Ethan Lolley, conductor; Vanessa Yu, soloist
May 2, 2026
Sinfonia Toronto: The Emperor
7:30PM ET @ George Weston Recital Hall (Toronto, ON, Canada)
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat major, Op. 73 – Nurhan Arman, conductor; Vanessa Yu, soloist
May 30, 2026
York Symphony Orchestra
8:00PM ET @ Trinity Anglican Church (Aurora, ON, Canada)
Grieg: Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 16 – Denis Mastromonaco, conductor; Vanessa Yu, soloist