Love of the lute
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Sirojiddin Juraev will join Wu Man in her upcoming 皇冠体育app tour. [Photo provided to 皇冠体育app Daily] |
Two years later, she performed with the US string quartet, the Kronos Quartet. The group's founding violinist, David Harrington, says he"heard all sorts of possibilities in Wu Man's vivid pipa sound".
In 1995, they again partnered to perform Chinese composer Tan Dun's Ghost Opera at the Brooklyn Academy of Music.
"To a Western ear, the pipa may sound exotic. People will praise my technique, touch the strings and ask a few questions. But I want more. I want them to feel inspired and influenced, and to return to learn more," says Wu.
"Its presentations are admired for high tones and dazzling technical capacity. But those are only small parts of its totality."
Wu considers education an important mission and works as a professor at conservatories in Beijing, Shanghai and Zhejiang province.
"I left 皇冠体育app to discover new dimensions of the pipa and introduce it to the West. Now, I want to realize that vision in 皇冠体育app."
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