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Wu Man pipa player Wu man is one of the most outstanding pipa soloists performing today. An inheritress of the Pudong School of Pipa playing - one of the best known pipa schools in China - she has not only mastered the traditional pipa repertoire but has also been recognized internationally as a leading interpreter of contemporary pipa music. In China, she took part in many ground-breaking first performances of an exciting new generation of composers. Since moving to the United States she has continued to champion new works by composers such as Tan Dun, Bun-Ching Lam, Liu Sola, Zhou Long, Chen Yi and others. In over 300 concert appearances, Wu Man has collaborated with the Kronos Quartet, the New York New Music Consort, the Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble, the BBC Scotland Ensemble, the Austria (IRF) Radio Symphony Orchestra, and the Nieuw Ensemble in Holland. She has appeared in leading music centers including Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center in New York; the Riyal Albert Hall and Royal Festival Hall in London; the Theatre de la Ville and Opera Bastille in Paris; and the Cultural Center in Hong Kong; She has taken part in numerous international festivals including the Henry Wood BBC Promenade concerts in London; the Festival d'Automne and the Festival de Radio France in Paris; the Wien Modern Festival and the Musicprotodoll '96 in Austria; the Festival International Cervantino in Mexico; the Asian Arts Festival in Hong Kong; the Music Lifes! Festival in Pittsburgh; the Other Minds Festival in San Francisco; Bang on a Can! in New York; and the Chicago Jazz Festival. Wu Man's playing can be heard on two albums release by Nimbus - Wu Man (1993) and Wu Man & Ensemble (1996), as well as on Kronos Quartet's new recording Ghost Opera (Nonsuch), Henry Threadgill's Carry the Day (Sony), and composer/singer Sola's Blues In The East (Polygram). Wu man has made radio and television broadcasts throughout China, the United States, Japan and British. She has recently appeared on National Public Radio and New York public radio station WNYC. Born in Hangzhou, China, Wu Man began her professional music training at the age of ten. Graduate of Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing, the first recipient of a master degree in pipa. She is the winner of China First National Academic Competition for Chinese Music Instruments. Wu Man currently lives in Massachusetts. Check out the artist's website: http://www.alsoproductions.com Track List: 1. Fragmented Images 2. Dragonfly and Swan 3. Tiny Footprints in the Snow 4. Shadows 5. Spring Snowfall Suggested CDs:Other Genres:
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