CJ Wu wins BBCA Conducting Competition

Congratulations to postgraduate student CJ Wu, winner of the 2021 Brass Band Conductors’ Association (BBCA) Conducting Competition.

CJ Wu, who studies with Clark Rundell and Mark Heron, made her conducting début with the West Bohemian Symphony Orchestra in 2017 and has since conducted the BBC Concert Orchestra, Savaria Symphony, Ruse Philharmonic, Orchestra Giovanile Italiana, Pazardzhik Symphony, Bucharest Royal Camerata, South Bohemian, Moravian Philharmonic and Brasov Philharmonic Orchestras.

She has also been invited to international masterclass led by Riccardo Muti, Daniele Gatti and Marin Alsop.

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