Wu Man's musical journey has taken her from the Chinese city of Hangzhou (where she was born), to Beijing (where she studied), to San Diego (where she now lives). Her traveling companion on this ...

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.

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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 ...

Dacia Clay, Wu Man’s pipa, and Wu Man in the Geary Performance Studio. Photo by Todd Hulslander. Wu Man, world-renowned pipa player, stopped by the Classroom while she was in Houston to teach all ...

It was hard to mistake the worry in Wu Man’s voice on Tuesday afternoon. But even as the wildfires continued to rage in California, not even the threat of leaving her home behind could dampen the ...

The Dec 27 concert, titled Ten Thousand Galloping Horses Nature and Humanity, opened with Tan's composition, Ten Thousand ...

The stunning battle scenes in the “Lord of the Rings” films are accompanied by a huge orchestra fit for a Wagner opera. But long ago, a Chinese composer needed only a single instrument to evoke ...

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, ...

Hollywood has its under the radar, whatever-the-cat-drags-in Fringe Festival. Los Angeles has its fill of venturesome large institutions — notably the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Roy and Edna ...