Eric Lu won First Prize at The Leeds International Piano Competition in 2018 at the age of 20. The following year, he signed an exclusive contract with Warner Classics and has since collaborated with some of the world​’s most prestigious orchestras and presented in major recital venues.

Recent and forthcoming orchestral collaborations include the London Symphony, Chicago Symphony, Boston Symphony, Los Angeles Philharmonic, San Diego Symphony, Seattle Symphony, Vancouver Symphony, Oslo Philharmonic, Finnish Radio Symphony, Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg, Royal Stockholm Philharmonic, Swedish Chamber Orchestra, Helsinki Philharmonic, Orchestre National de Lille, Royal Philharmonic, Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Bournemouth Symphony, Iceland Symphony, Tokyo Symphony, Shanghai Symphony at the Proms, and Yomiuri Nippon Symphony amongst others. Conductors he collaborates with include Riccardo Muti, Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla, Ryan Bancroft, Marin Alsop, Duncan Ward, Vasily Petrenko, Edward Gardner, Sir Mark Elder, Thomas Dausgaard, Ruth Reinhardt, Earl Lee, Nuno Coehlo, and Martin Frӧst.

Active as a recitalist, he is presented on stages including the Cologne Philharmonie, Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Queen Elizabeth Hall London, Leipzig Gewandhaus, Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, San Francisco Davies Hall, Cal Performances, Aspen Music Festival, BOZAR Brussels, Fondation Louis Vuitton Paris, 92^nd St Y in New York, Seoul Arts Center, Chopin and his Europe Festival, Warsaw Philharmonic Hall and Sala São Paulo. In 2024, he appears for the 6^th consecutive year in recital at Wigmore Hall London.