"That [Lang Lang] has served as a role model was evident not just in Mr. Yu's camera-ready tousled hair and his bright red socks, which peeked out from under crisp black trousers, but also in the way his torso swayed and his hands fluttered through the air as he and Mr. Lang played a clean, slightly demure account of Schubert's Rondo in A."
— The New York Times October 2009

"To the uninitiated, a pianist of Yu's age presuming to play so subtle and complex a work…might seem a novelty. Marc Yu banished such thoughts with a passion and technical proficiency that belie his years."
— Press-Register November 2008

"The well-traveled and accomplished…music star from Los Angeles, California entertained two local crowds, impressing with his old veteran-like piano-playing."
— Laredo Morning Times May 2006

"The bonus of spending as long as I did writing about prodigies was getting to meet Marc at age 6 and being able to keep checking in until he was on the brink of applying to college. I'd never heard such a young child play so well, or seen a mix of high spirits and unrelenting industriousness like his."
— Ann Hulbert, Interview for Off the Charts: The Hidden Lives and Lessons of American Child Prodigies January 2018

"As one of the youngest musicians ever to appear at the Royal Albert Hall throughout the Proms' 114-year history, Marc was only too aware of the significance of the occasion. [His] precocious talent has earned him comparisons to Mozart…"
— Evening Standard September 2008