Actively devoted to promoting classical music to a wider audience, Chinese violist Wanshu regularly performs as a soloist, chamber musician, and has appeared in renowned orchestras and music festivals. 

Wanshu has been invited to prestigious festivals such as Encuentro de Música Santander, IMS Prussia Cove OCM, Lucerne Festival, Manchester International Festival, Melbourne Art Festival, London Jazz Festival, and Bowdoin International Music Festival. As a soloist, she has performed with Manson Ensemble, Carme Ensemble, and London Contemporary Soloists. As an ensemble player, Wanshu has appeared in Nash Ensemble, Aurora Orchestra, Ulster Orchestra, Manchester Collective, the Hallé and BBC Philharmonic. She has led the viola section under world-class conductors such as Sir Simon Rattle, Sir Mark Elder, Sir George Benjamin, Semyon Bychkov, Elim Chan, Jamie Martin, and Ludovic Morlot.  

Beyond classical music, Wanshu engages in theater, jazz, and multimedia projects and is active in community outreach promoting music education. In recognition of her achievements, she's been interviewed by BBC Radio 3 in 2021 and UKVI in 2022 to share her musical inspiration. She has held the 2023 Fellowship at the Bowdoin Festival, 2023/2024 Fellowship at the Royal Academy of Music, 2023-2025 Rising Star Scheme at Edinburgh International Festival.  

Grew up in Chengdu, China, Wanshu began to play the viola at the age of 15. She gained her undergraduate degree at the Royal Northern College of Music with Susie Meszaros and Veit Hertenstein. She was then awarded full scholarship and bursaries from the Royal Academy of Music to continue her Master’s and Professional Diploma with Jon Thorne. She has been awarded Barbirolli Evelyn Rothwell Prize for outstanding studentship, and was greatly supported by the British Council and Art Association of China for her study.

Wanshu plays on a viola made by herself in London, 2025.