Winner of the 2018 Leeds competition and recipient of the 2021 Avery Fisher Career Grant, Eric Lu is becoming a major force in the piano world. After his Chicago Symphony Orchestra debut last October, Chicago Classical Review said he “played with a maturity beyond his 24 years,” and WTTW Chicago praised his “remarkable fluidity and [] touch that was at once crystal clear and sublimely expressive. Lu’s playing was absolutely stunning and brought fresh life to a familiar work.”