The September 9 concert at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York will feature a pipa concerto by Lou Harrison, the first by an American composer, plus traditional pipa pieces and folk tunes.

Chinese born and U.S. based Wu Man has taken the pipa (a traditional Chinese lute) and brought it to concert stages around the world as well as introducing it into Western pop and other music styles.

I hold the view that world music musicians are great when they take a regional music and expand it so that it becomes internationally known, even concert music. Ravi Shankar did that with Indian raga.

Grammy Award-winning musical ensemble, Silkroad is a collective of artists representing dozens of nationalities, traditions and ideas. Conceived by Yo-Yo Ma in 1998, Silkroad is currently under the ...

Pipa virtuoso Wu Man will reunite with the Kronos Quartet for "Three Bones," a groundbreaking performance at Zankel Hall that marks her 20th year performing with the ensemble on Carnegie Hall's stages ...

Silkroad will tour a reimagined version of its acclaimed American Railroad program in November 2025, featuring the Silkroad Ensemble with pipa virtuoso Wu Man. The tour includes five stops in the New ...