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Wu Man (Chinese: 吴蛮; pinyin: Wú Mán; born in Hangzhou, Zhejiang) is a Chinese pipa player and composer. Trained in Pudong-style pipa performance at the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing, she is known for playing in a broad range of musical styles and introducing the pipa and its Chinese heritage into Western genres. She has performed and recorded extensively with Kronos Quartet and Silk Road Ensemble, and has premiered works by Philip Glass, Lou Harrison, Terry Riley, Bright Sheng, Tan Dun, Zhao Jiping, and Zhou Long, among many others. She has recorded and appeared on over 40 albums, five of which have been nominated for Grammy Awards. In 2013, she was named Instrumentalist of the Year by Musical America, becoming the first performer of a non-Western instrument to receive this award. She also received The United States Artist' Award in 2008.
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Albums
China Collage
Popular Songs
- Act IV: Metal and Stone
- Act V: Song of Paper
- Act I: Bach, Monks, and Shakespeare Meet in Water
- Act II: Earth Dance
- Act III: Dialogue with “Little Cabbage”
- Three Film Scores for Strings: Waltz
- Concerto for Viola & Strings ‘Elegia’: I
- Concerto for Viola & Strings ‘Elegia’: II
- Concerto for String Orchestra & Pipa: Adagio
- Concerto for String Orchestra & Pipa: Allegro
- Nostalghia for Solo Violin & String Orchestra
- Three Film Scores for Strings: Funeral Music
- Concerto for String Orchestra & Pipa: Allegro vivace
- Three Film Scores for Strings: Music of Training and Rest
- Concerto for String Orchestra & Pipa: Andante molto
- Pipa Concerto: III. Threnody for Richard Locke
- Scythian Suite, Op. 20: III. Night
- Pipa Concerto: IV. Estampie
- Scythian Suite, Op. 20: IV. Lolly's Glorious Departure and the Ceremonial Procession of the Sun
- Scythian Suite, Op. 20: I. The Adoration of Veles and Ala
- Scythian Suite, Op. 20: II. The Enemy God and the Dance of the Black Spirits
- Pipa Concerto: I. Allegro
- Pipa Concerto: II. Bits and Pieces: Neapolitan
- Pipa Concerto: II. Bits and Pieces: Three Sharing
- Schelomo, Hebraic Rhapsody for Solo Cello and Large Orchestra
- Pipa Concerto: II. Bits and Pieces: Troika
- Legend of Herlen
- Pipa Concerto: II. Bits and Pieces: "Wind and Plum"
- Life Journeys
- War
