Chinese born and U.S. based Wu Man has taken the pipa (a traditional Chinese lute) and brought it to concert stages around the world as well as introducing it into Western pop and other music styles.

Before she became the world’s most accomplished and innovative pipa player, Wu Man had a bright future in her native China on the four-string instrument, which dates back more than 2,000 years. A ...

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Composer, multi-instrumentalist, and singer, Min Xiao-Fen, brings her adventurous musical talents to provide live accompaniment to “The Goddess,” one of the greatest films from China’s silent film era ...

With the delicate touch of her fingers, Wu Man carefully unravels the threads of a distant past. When the internationally celebrated pipa (a four-stringed Chinese lute) virtuoso took the stage at the ...

It’s been more than a dozen years since audiences at the Tucson Winter Chamber Music Festival first heard the ancient Chinese lute the pipa. But at this year’s festival, which kicks off on Sunday, ...

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Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook The pipa is a Chinese lute, and its sound is surprisingly spry and agile, with sounds that hit and ...