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Wu Man

Wu Man has been played on NTS shows including Hustlekat, with Emily And Alice first played on 12 September 2014.

Wu Man (Chinese: 吴蛮; pinyin: Wú Mán; born 1963 in Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China) is a Chinese pipa and ruan player and composer. She is an exponent of the Pudong School of pipa playing.

She studied at the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing, where her instructors included Lin Shicheng, Kuang Yuzhong, Chen Zemin, and Liu Dehai. She became the first recipient of a master's degree in pipa and won the first prize in the 1989 National Music Performance Competition.

Although educated in China, Wu came to the United States in 1990 at the age of 25. She lived in Boston for many years and now lives in San Diego, California with her husband and son.

Wu performs with Chinese traditional music groups but is also known for her interpretation of contemporary compositions, as well as her work in jazz and cross-cultural music. Many composers (including Terry Riley, Philip Glass, Lou Harrison, Tan Dun, Bright Sheng, Chen Yi, Zhou Long, Gabriela Lena Frank, Bun-Ching Lam, and others) have composed new works for her.

Wu has performed and recorded with the Kronos Quartet, Henry Threadgill, and Yo-Yo Ma's The Silk Road Ensemble. In 1999, she became the first Chinese musician to play at the White House. She played there, together with Yo-Yo Ma, in honor of Zhu Rongji, the prime minister of China. Also in 1999, Wu was chosen by Ma to receive the Glenn Gould Prize. The award consisted of a bronze statue of famous Canadian pianist Gould himself.

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Wu Man

Wu Man has been played on NTS shows including Hustlekat, with Emily And Alice first played on 12 September 2014.

Wu Man (Chinese: 吴蛮; pinyin: Wú Mán; born 1963 in Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China) is a Chinese pipa and ruan player and composer. She is an exponent of the Pudong School of pipa playing.

She studied at the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing, where her instructors included Lin Shicheng, Kuang Yuzhong, Chen Zemin, and Liu Dehai. She became the first recipient of a master's degree in pipa and won the first prize in the 1989 National Music Performance Competition.

Although educated in China, Wu came to the United States in 1990 at the age of 25. She lived in Boston for many years and now lives in San Diego, California with her husband and son.

Wu performs with Chinese traditional music groups but is also known for her interpretation of contemporary compositions, as well as her work in jazz and cross-cultural music. Many composers (including Terry Riley, Philip Glass, Lou Harrison, Tan Dun, Bright Sheng, Chen Yi, Zhou Long, Gabriela Lena Frank, Bun-Ching Lam, and others) have composed new works for her.

Wu has performed and recorded with the Kronos Quartet, Henry Threadgill, and Yo-Yo Ma's The Silk Road Ensemble. In 1999, she became the first Chinese musician to play at the White House. She played there, together with Yo-Yo Ma, in honor of Zhu Rongji, the prime minister of China. Also in 1999, Wu was chosen by Ma to receive the Glenn Gould Prize. The award consisted of a bronze statue of famous Canadian pianist Gould himself.

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Emily And Alice
Kronos Quartet, Wu Man, Terry Riley
Nonesuch2008
Invocation
Wu Man
Naxos World2003
The Coo-Coo Bird
Martin Simpson, Wu Man
Water Lily Acoustics1996
White Snow In Spring
Martin Simpson, Wu Man
Water Lily Acoustics1996
A Spring Flowing Over Stones
Wu Man
Traditional Crossroads2010
The Round Sun And Crescent Moon In The Sky
Wu Man
Traditional Crossroads2010
Concerto For String Orchestra & Pipa
Tan Dun, Hayashi, Takemitsu, Wu Man, Yuri Bashmet, Moscow Soloists
Onyx2008
Four Movements For Piano Trio
Bright Sheng, Shanghai Quartet, Wu Man
BIS2002