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Musician

Wu Man

    Wu Man is an internationally renowned pipa (Chinese lute) virtuoso, cited by the Los Angeles Times as 'the artist most responsible for bringing the pipa to the Western World.' Born in Hangzhou, China, Wu Man studied at the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing where she became the first recipient of a master’s degree in pipa. She currently lives in Boston where she was chosen as a Bunting Fellow at the Radcliffe Institute of Advanced Study at Harvard University. Wu Man was selected by Yo-Yo Ma as the winner of the City of Toronto Glenn Gould Protégé Prize in music and communication

Article: Radio & Podcasts

New Releases From Dunn, Kooshian, Andersen, Klossek And More

by Bob Osborne
November 17, 2022

On this week's show new music from Trevor Dunn, Ted Kooshian, Amjad Ali Khan & Wu Man, Arild Andersen, Marcus Klossek, Sara Gazarek, Saku Mantere and Dave Douglas. Also tracks from new documentary about the legendary bassist Ron Carter plus Frank Carlberg revisits Thelonious Monk's 1952 recordings for the Prestige labelPlaylist Show Intro 00:00 ...

Article: Album Review

Wu Man & Kojiro Umezaki: Flow.

by Hrayr Attarian
April 8, 2021

The various East Asian musical heritages share some similarities yet are distinct in many important aspects. Japanese-born, USA-based composer & shakuhachi (bamboo flute) player Kojiro Umezaki joins award-winning Chinese pipa (lute) virtuoso Wu Man for a set of enchanting solos and duets on the intimate Flow. Together they highlight those shared elements and beautifully contrast the ...

Video

Wu Man: Discovering a Musical Heartland

Featuring the music of Wu Man
Duration: 9:46
December 27, 2011

This video documents Wu Man's travels around China, seeking out artists. The resulting concerts at Carnegie Hall reflected the different rural regions of the country, for which many of the musicians had traveled out of China for the first time.

Album

Immeasureable Light

By Wu Man

Label: Unknown label
Released: 2010

Album

Pipa

By Wu Man

Label: Unknown label
Released: 2003
Track listing: Invocation; Dancing!; Ancient Spirits; Walking To The East; Shanghai Blues; Vincent

Article: Album Review

Wu Man: Pipa

by C. Michael Bailey
July 25, 2003

For the uninitiated, the pipa is the lute-like instrument one hears often when dining in Chinese restaurants. More twingy than twangy, the pipa has a much more supple, pliant sound than the guitar. It is a four stringed instrument with a pear-shaped body. Its short, bent neck has 30 frets which extend onto the soundboard, affording ...