Hailed by Prof. Hauer from Karlsruhe Conservatory of Music that “Wenyu’s talent is of a rarest quality and is likely to take him to the summits of international piano world,” Shen has gone on to win major prizes in various competitions including 2nd prize in the 2003 Queen Elizabeth International Piano Competition as the youngest ever prize winner at the age of 16, 1st prize at the Rachmaninov International Piano Competition and 2nd prize in Hong Kong International Piano Competition in 2005, amongst others.

Shen studied at the Sichuan Conservatory of Music at 7, moved to Germany at the age of 11 and studied at the Hannover Conservatory of Music and Drama under Prof. Kammerling from 2001 to 2005. He has an exceptionally wide repertoire for solo and concerto works and has collaborated with major orchestras including Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra, Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra (in the 2007 Hong Kong Arts Festival), China National Symphony, Hampleton Symphony in South Africa and Macao Orchestra, among others.  He performed and recorded Chopin Piano Concerto No. 1 and the Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No. 3 with the Symphony Orchestra of Kalisz Philharmonic from Poland at the age of 14 and recorded a solo CD on Cyprès label at the age of 17, which Music Web commended to be “a very fine, and in many ways remarkable disc.” In 2008, Shen furthered his studies with internationally renowned Chinese pianist Liu Shikun and released a new CD on Chinese folk melodies named “Chinese Sights and Sounds”.