Wu Man is a master of the Chinese pipa, a lute-like instrument with a 2,000-year history. She stopped by NPR to talk about her fresh twist on... Pipa Virtuoso Wu Man Brings Ancient Chinese Music To ...

Wu Yuxia has played thepipa for about 50 years. Both of them have been learning the pipa with Wu since they were very young. Fan is now studying at the China Conservatory to be a professional pipa ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook The pipa is a Chinese lute, and its sound is surprisingly spry and agile, with sounds that hit and ...

Chinese artist Guo Mei (R) teaches a student to play pipa in Qormi, Malta, on March 17, 2025. [Photo/Xinhua] A groundbreaking initiative to introduce Chinese music to Maltese youth, featuring lessons ...

If the pipa - the pear-shaped lute with the distinctively percussive, banjo-like twang - has become increasingly well known outside the world of traditional Chinese music, much of the credit goes to ...

The first time I saw Wu Man play the pipa, a four-stringed lute with an ancient Chinese lineage, time seemed to stop. I stood silently and slack-jawed, watching her left hand dart along the instrument ...

LOS ANGELES, CA, USA, March 17, 2023 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Yinfang Jing was recently among the notable young Chinese musicians to grace the main stage at the Eagle ...

Chinese pipa player Wu Yuxia never says "no" to educational performances and projects since she believes that spreading the word about the four-stringed lute, a Chinese musical instrument with more ...

"Jump out the box — I always wanted to do [that] as a musician," Wu Man tells NPR's Scott Simon before playing the main riff to Black Sabbath's "Iron Man." "I personally really enjoy [trying] ...