YiWei Gu

Violinist YiWei Gu was born in Shanghai in May 2006 and began studying the violin at age five. He studied at the Shanghai Conservatory of Music, first with Zhu Qinglin and later with Zheng Qing. He has received prizes at several important competitions, including the National Youth Violin Concerto Competition in China and the Max Rostal International Competition in Berlin. In 2023, he began his bachelor’s studies at the Hanns Eisler School of Music in Berlin in the class of Kolja Blacher. He was also selected to participate in the Ozawa Academy in Switzerland in both 2024 and 2025.