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Chinese-Argentinan pianist Yi Wu is First Laureate of the inaugural Honens International Piano Competition (1992).  He began his musical studies at age four and was accepted into the Shanghai Conservatory six years later. Wu immigrated to Argentina as a teenager where he studied with Aldo Antognazzi.  He made his professional debut at the Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires and quickly rose to national prominence. His studies at Argentina’s Beethoven Conservatory and later at USC and SMU in the United States led him to his performance and teaching career in Texas.