Photos: International composition competition "Sounds of Children's Rights" in Vienna - Mr. Wu Yiming with his two students Maxwell Lu and Yihong Song, who won the competition. ( Vienna, Austria, in November 2019)
"On the 30th anniversary of the founding of the Convention on the Rights of the Child , the Austrian Federal Chancellery, in cooperation with the Vienna University of Music and Performing Arts (mdw) and UNICEF Austria, organized the “Sounds of Children’s Rights” . The works of the finalists selected by the top expert group as part of the final concert of the composition competition, embodies the Convention on the Rights of the Child as the musical information of the children's rights symphony, as a whole work that integrates the rights of the children contained therein. It is not easy for Maxwell Lu and Yihong Song to be the only two awarded children in the United States. Except for Austria, only 5 people in the world have won awards."
Max Lu was selected as an Apprentice Composer for NYO-USA in 2020, he became the first Asian composer selected for the program.
Max Lu has also received numerous prestigious awards, including being a winner of the 2023 Morton Gould Young Composer Awards, a winner of the 71st BMI Composer Awards, as well as receiving the Ellen Taaffe Zwilich Award and the Carlos Surinach Award. In addition, he won First Prize in both the Juilliard School Orchestral Composition Competition and the Chamber Music Composition Competition.
Photos: National Youth Orchestra of the United States of America in New York - Mr. Wu Yiming with his students Lucy Chen, who was selected as the Apprentie Composer at NYO-USA 2023 Orchestra Roster. ( New York, US, in July 2023), Another one of my students, Max Lu, was selected as an Apprentice Composer for NYO-USA in 2020. Two other students were also selected as NYO-USA alternate apprentice composers.
During high school, Lucy also received the 2022 Luna Lab Winner award, honorable mentions in the 2021 and 2023 Morton Gould Young Composer Awards, and honorable mentions in the 69th and 70th BMI Composer Awards. She was also a National YoungArts Honorable Mention recipient in 2023 and a National YoungArts Winner in 2024.
Photos: National Young Composers Challenge in Orlando - Mr. Wu Yiming’ students Fabian Leung is the winner of 2023 YCC! ( Orlando, US, in April 2024), Fabian was also a 2024 winner of YWCC.
During high school, Fabian also received an honorable mention in the 2023 Morton Gould Young Composer Awards and won First Prize nationally in the 2024 NFMC competition.
Photos: Mr. Wu Yiming’ student Charles Chen's work was selected for the Earshot Reading, to be performed by the National Arts Centre Orchestra of Canada in Ottawa on October 28-29, 2024. ( Ottawa, Canada, in October 2024), Charles was the first high school student selected in the program’s 35-year history.
Photos: As a juror for the Sempre Musick International Composition Competition, Yiming Wu attended Sempre Musick’s concert series. His students orchestrated several solo works for the performances. The director of Sempre Musick is Ms. Mila Filatova, and the conductors are Mr. Mark Latham and Mr. David Feltner.（ Methuen, MA, in May 2025）
As a Music juror for the XC Creative Art Contest. Together with experts from various fields, we selected the top 100 interdisciplinary creative works from over 4,200 submissions. （ Woburn, MA, in December 2025）
The MusicON Festival in New York, which I initiated, has presented a total of 14 concerts from 2022 to 2025, featuring 179 chamber works over four years. Participating musicians have come from more than 20 countries and regions, including over 100 composers and more than 50 performers. (New York)