Polish of Vietnamese descent composer and pianist, Ania Vu (née Vũ Đặng Minh Anh) writes music that explores the interplay between the sound properties of the words and their meanings, musical energy related to form, and varied notions of time. She also enjoys crafting her own text—often in Polish—that serves as a sonic, formal, and expressive guiding reference in her musical writing process.

Ania Vu was 15 years old when she wrote her first music composition, a jazz-inspired piece that won a competition during her time at the American School of Warsaw. “I played a solo recital of classical music, and then at the very end I played my piece with the jazz saxophonist, and that was the very first time when my music was performed,” Vu says in an interview for PennToday. A dozen years later, her compositions are being performed in Philadelphia.

She's a true citizen of the world, with a deep interest in languages. She speaks fluent English, Polish, French, and Vietnamese, in addition to having studied Latin and German; currently, she is learning modern Greek.

Vu was born and raised in Poland, where her parents settled after studying in Europe on Vietnamese government-sponsored scholarships. 

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Piano lessons for Vu started when she was 5, and she attended the public music school in Warsaw from first grade through high school. She attended a French school in Warsaw from kindergarten through middle school and the American School of Warsaw for high school, where she studied in the International Baccalaureate program. She studied German, Polish, and Latin in addition to French and English, and the family spoke Vietnamese at home. 

You can read the whole article on Ania published on PennToday here.