Artist Info: Wu Man And Master Musicians From The Silk Route

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

Wu received a Master's degree 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. [read more...]