Taiwanese-American violinist Pei-Ju Wu enjoys a musical career both as a performing artist and as a teacher. She has been a member of the first violins of the Alabama Symphony Orchestra since 2013, the Principal Second Violin of the Des Moines Metro Opera since 2018, and is the assistant concertmaster of the Tuscaloosa Symphony for the 2025-2026 season.

Pei-Ju’s experience in symphonic orchestra has taken her to perform with the Nashville Symphony, San Antonio Symphony, the Houston Grand Opera, Fort Worth Symphony and Dallas Chamber Symphony. She has served as the concertmaster for the Woodlands Symphony (TX), Opera in the Heights (TX), guest concertmaster for Huntsville Symphony Orchestra (AL) and Tuscaloosa Symphony Orchestra (AL). Her love of chamber music has inspired her to found several chamber music ensembles and series in the past. Most recently, she co-founded Iron City Strings.

Pei-Ju Wu studied with Kathleen Winkler at Rice University, Roman Totenberg at Boston University, Shirley Givens at the Juilliard Pre-College, and Rodney Friend at the Royal College of Music. She graduated magna cum lauda from Boston University and has a Master’s Degree in Violin Performance from Rice University. Pei-Ju is a registered Suzuki violin instructor and has studied the Suzuki methods with Ed Kreitman, Terry Durbin, and Kathleen White. She is a teacher and artistic advisor at STEP Birmingham.

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