At the age of fifteen, Qian performed a Mozart piano concerto in the Queen Elizabeth Hall, London and later at the Menuhin Festival in Gstaad, Switzerland.

As the recipient of the Sydney Perry Award from the Martin Musical Foundation, Qian performed the Saint-Saëns Piano Concerto No.

In 2001, she played a recital at the Purcell Room where her ambitious programme included Elliott Carter's Night Fantasies, two György Ligeti Études and Hafliði Hallgrímsson's Homage to Mondrian.

In October 2009, Qian represented China in the Europalia festival performing Frédéric Chopin's Piano Concerto No.

[1] Wu Qian's critically acclaimed debut recording of works by Robert Schumann, Franz Liszt and the young composer Alexander Prior was released in 2009 on the Dal Segno label.