Background
Li, Hanna Wu was born on March 28, 1934 in Canton, China. Came to the United States, 1958, naturalized, 1972. Daughter of Yat Chih and Wei Ying (Lo) Wu.
Li, Hanna Wu was born on March 28, 1934 in Canton, China. Came to the United States, 1958, naturalized, 1972. Daughter of Yat Chih and Wei Ying (Lo) Wu.
Bachelor in Piano, National Taiwan Normal University, 1956. Master of Music in Piano, Northwestern University, 1961.
Instructor piano department music National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, 1956—1958. Instructor piano, preparatory school department music Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh, 1969—1984, director piano, preparatory school, since 1984, instructor piano department music, 1974—1978, artist lecturer in piano, 1979—1988, associate professor music, 1988—2005, professor music, since 2005. Soloist, accompanist chamber music, Taipei, 1952—1958.
Judge Young Musician Audition, Wheeling, West Virginia, 1979, 95. Adjudicator international piano competition Young Keyboard Artist Association, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1985. Judge Chiang Wen Yeh International Young Artist Piano Competition, Washington, 1996.
Piano pedagogy workshop lecturer, Shanghai, 93, Zhanjiang, China, 99. Committee on future of piano pedagogy World Piano Pedagogy Conference, since 1996. Adjudicator Chautauqua School Music, New York, 1999.
Piano pedagogy workshop lecturer, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 99, Charleston, South Carolina, 99, 2001. Lecturer in field.
Member American Music Scholarship Association (chairman eastern region piano contest since 1975), Pittsburgh Concert Society (board directors since 1984), Pi Kappa Lambda.
Married Ching-Chung Li, June 10, 1961. Children: William Wei-Lin, Vincent Wei-Tsin.