Jiujiu Wu was born in 2001. At the age of nine, he began to learn classical guitar with his father. He later studied with Bing Wu. Jiujiu Wu has been educated and cultivated by Associate Professor Bao Xu of Sichuan Conservatory of Music and the Chinese guitarist You Wang. Jiujiu Wu’s studies with Guillem Pérez-Quer at the Liceu Conservatory of Music, in Barcelona, also offered many performing opportunities. Jiujiu Wu has won awards at international competitions, including Third Prize in the 14th Boston International Guitar Festival Competition in 2019, Second Prize of Shenzhen Guitar Art Festival in 2020 and First Prize at the International Guitar Festival ‘Alirio Diaz’ 2020 in Rust, Austria.
As a soloist, Jiujiu Wu enjoys repertoire such as La Maja de Goya by Enrique Granados and Serenata Española by Joaquín Malats, contrasted with the virtuosic Caprice No. 24 by Paganini. His flute and guitar repertoire includes Valses Poéticos by Enrique Granados, Astor Piazzolla’s Café 1930 and the Sonatina Burlesca by Herbert Baumann. Jiujiu Wu arranges music, from J.S. Bach’s Chorales: ‘Nun komm der Heiden Heiland’, BWV 599 and G.F. Handel’s Allegro in D minor, HWV 475, to songs from Japanese anime, such as ‘I Always Smile, But My Eyes are Sad’ by Keiichi Oku from Marmalade Boy. He also plays pop and jazz music on fingerstyle guitar.