【Chun Shan Ya Ju】Wu Man’s World of Music
People have wondered how many years Ms. Wu took to bring Pipa to the world, her answer was 12, 12 years for the world to know her name, and more importantly, to understand Chinese traditional music starting from Pipa. But she took many more roads to become a musician instead of simply a performer.
【INFORMATION】
Topic: Wu Man's World of Music
Lecturer: Ms. Wu Man
Time:17:30-19:00 2018.03.28 Wed.
Venue: Governing Board Meeting Room, Dao Yuan Building
Language: Chinese (Simultaneous interpreting service will be provided)
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*The lecture would be given in Chinese with English interpretation. Please take your ID to lend the headset.
【Lecturer】
Born in Hangzhou, Wu Man studied with Lin Shicheng, Kuang Yuzhong, Chen Zemin, and Liu Dehai at the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing, where she was the first recipient of a master's degree in pipa. She was awarded The Bunting Fellowship at Harvard University, The United States Artist Fellowship and the Glenn Gould Prize from Canada. In 1998, she became the first Chinese artist to perform at the White House.
Born in Hangzhou, Wu Man studied with Lin Shicheng, Kuang Yuzhong, Chen Zemin, and Liu Dehai at the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing, where she was the first recipient of a master's degree in pipa. She was awarded The Bunting Fellowship at Harvard University, The United States Artist Fellowship and the Glenn Gould Prize from Canada. In 1998, she became the first Chinese artist to perform at the White House.
Recognized as the world’s premier pipa virtuoso and ambassador of Chinese music, she is now a leading interpreter of contemporary pipa music by today’s most prominent composers.
She has fruitful collaborations including Kronos Quartet in 1990, Tan Dun’s Ghost Opera at the Brooklyn Academy of Music in 1995, and most importantly Yo-Yo Ma’s Silk Road Project. Wu Man has performed throughout the U.S., Europe and Asia with the Silk Road Ensemble (SRE). She has recorded six albums with the group. She is a featured artist in the documentary The Music Of Strangers: Yo-Yo Ma and The Silk Road Ensemble. During the 2016-17 season, Wu Man contributes to numerous world premier performances and she also reprises her projects “Wu Man and Friends” and “Borderlands” in Singapore, Beijing and Calgary and tours Europe.
Through numerous concert tours Wu Man has premiered hundreds of new works for the pipa, while spearheading multimedia projects to both preserve and create awareness of China’s ancient musical traditions. Her adventurous spirit and virtuosity have led to collaborations across artistic disciplines allowing Wu Man to reach wider audiences as she works to break through cultural and musical borders. Wu Man’s efforts were recognized when she was named Musical America’s 2013 Instrumentalist of the Year, marking the first time this prestigious award has been bestowed on a player of a non-Western instrument. In 2017, Wu Man's album “Sing Me Home” won the Grammy Award for Best World Music Album and was nominated for 7 times. On December 3, 2017, Wu Han was renowned by Modern Media Group the tenth “National Spirit Achiever”.
“Chun Shan Ya Ju” or “Meeting Intellectuals in the Spring Hills”, is one of the University's lecture series where the University will invite social elites in such fields as culture and arts to share with our students in form of salon or lecture to promote a discussion of thought-provoking issues or soul-searching experiences. During the lectures, everyone will have a chance to listen and respond on their world views, their aspirations, and intellectual taste in life.
