A Bu

A Bu studied classical piano and jazz piano at the Central Conservatory of Music, Beijing at the age of nine^[2] and, from September 2014, at the Juilliard School in New York under Hung-Kuan Chen [zh].^[2][3] After standing in for a performer at the 2012 Nine Gates festival, he was scouted by Sennheiser, later releasing multiple albums with their record label.^[4]

In 2013, he performed an unplanned improvisation with Chick Corea at the JZ Festival.^[4] In 2015 he won first place in the Parmigiana Jazz Solo Piano Competition at the Montreux Jazz Festival in Switzerland.^[5][1] Also in 2015, A Bu was invited by Unesco to play at the International Jazz Day All-Star Global Concert.^[1]

On November 21, 2016, he premiered Nikolai Kapustin's Nocturne in G major for piano and orchestra op. 16 in Moscow, accompanied by the Moscow Jazz Orchestra conducted by Igor Butman.^[6][7][8]

• 88 Tones of Black and White; Sennheiser (Harmonia Mundi), 2014^[9]
• Butterflies Fly in Paris, with Tom Kennedy (Bass) and Ryan J. Lee (Drums); Sennheiser (Harmonia Mundi), 2016^[2]
• One Step East, with Larry Grenadier (Bass) and Eric Harland (Drums); Jz Music, 2021^[10][11]