Wu Fei

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Ping Tan

Album: A Distant Youth

Released: Jan 1, 0001

Label: Forrest Hill Records

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Ping Tan
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3rd movmt from Water
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solo Improv guzheng voice
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Dalla caverna alla montagna
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General Info

Genre: Acoustic / Classical / Freestyle
Location Beijing / NYC, Ch
Profile Views: 103343
Last Login: 12/20/2011
Member Since 10/14/2005
Website www.wufeimusic.com
Record Label Forrest Hill, Tzadik, ReR, Rounder, Intakt, Anti
Type of Label Indie
Bio
Show updates @ wufeimusic.com www.facebook.com/wufeimusic www.youtube.com/wufeimusic www.twitter.com/wufei .... Born and raised in Beijing, Wu Fei is a virtuoso composer, vocalist and guzheng (Chinese zither) performer. She spent her formative years at the China Conservatory of Music before coming to the US in 2000. .... She holds a M.A. in Composition from Mills College and is a grant recipient of "Meet the Composer". While at Mills, she began to diversify her sound and experiment widely, working with musicians like John Zorn, Fred Frith, Carla Kilhstedt, Béla Fleck, Pauline Oliveros, and Cecil Taylor. .... Wu Fei's compositions for choir, string quartet, chamber ensemble, Balinese gamelan, orchestra, film, and modern dance exhibit her remarkable skill and profound musical understanding. Her commissions include a composition for Percussions Claviers de Lyon that premiered in the Forbidden City Concert Hall in Beijing. .... She has also appeared as a guest on Fred Frith's Eye to Ear II (2004, Tzadik) and The Happy End Problem (2006, ReR). Wu Fei has performed in cities around the world, including Beijing, Berlin, Rome, Venice, Milano, Dublin, Oslo, Rotterdam, New York and San Francisco. .... Her debut album, A Distant Youth (2007, Forrest Hill), features both Frith and violinist Carla Kihlstedt. In fall 2008, her second album Yuan was released on Tzadik Records. In 2009, after performing in various prestigious music festivals in Norway, Netherlands, and Belgium, Wu Fei met with experimental jazz legend Evan Parker in New York City and presented a duo concert at The Stone. .. Later in that year, a DVD entitled "Shan Qi" was released (Ozella Music), filmed in the Italian Alps and highlighting the young artist and several outstanding European musicians, including Guo Yue, Giovanni Amighetti (producer), Guido Ponzini, and Helge A. Norbakken. .... In 2010, Wu Fei will be giving performances and lectures in the U.S., Europe, Asia and Africa. ...... Press Quotes: .... "Soulful, lyrical and powerful music from this remarkable young composer/performer from Beijing!" - John Zorn, describing Wu Fei's latest album "Yuan". .... "Fei's playing on the guzheng is breathtaking." -Fred Frith .... "My soul undergoes a meltdown when Wu Fei's delicate guzheng figures remind us of the frailty of purpose amidst the often overwhelming forces of life." - Paris Transatlantic Magazine .... "...Wu Fei, a Chinese guzheng player who shocked the sold-out crowd with her slashing, skittering mastery of the zitherlike instrument..." -San Francisco Chronicle .... "Composer Wu Fei , as evidenced by the five compositions on Yuan, occupies a world that straddles traditional Chinese music and more contemporary styles of writing and playing." - All About Jazz New York .... " In Wu's work evinces respect for tradition, an interest in what instruments can do, a strong sense of architecture, and good old fashioned showmanship. "-AllMusic .... --Featured article on Wu Fei in Women of China Magazine, May 2007: .. ..www.creativemusicworks.org/PR/08.12.2007_CCMS/Practice_Makes_Perfect.pdf .... ...... Awards:.... Composer Fellowship, the Sally & Don Lucas Artist Residency by Montalvo Arts Center, 2009 .... "Yuan" Best Album of The Week - Alarm Magazine 11/25/2008 .... Best World Music Artist 2008 - Westword .... Debut record "A Distant Youth" on World Music Chart Europe 2008 ........ .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ...... ..Wu Fei playing the Fisherman Song (Yu Zhou Chang Wan, traditional Shandong music) live in Itri, Italy 2007.... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ...... ..A live recording in Venice of Chun by Wu Fei. From 2007 cd "A Distant Youth" (Forrest Hill). Footage from "Shan Qi" (dvd on Ozella Music). Directed by Giacomo Talamini, Arvmusic, Hive Division... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ...... .. "She Huo"- premiere in the Forbidden City Concert Hall, Beijing, 04/14/2007. Performed by Percussions Claviers de Lyon; Ms. Pan Eqing (pipa), Wu Fei (guzheng/voice). Music/Poetry composed by Wu Fei .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ...... .. .... Interview by Danwei TV (China's top internet TV featured on CNN, BBC, MSNBC etc), April 2007, Beijing. Thanks to Anna Sophie Loewenberg aka Su Fei (check her "Sexy Beijing" episodes featured on CNN, BBC, MSNBC Today's Show), Luke Mines and Jeremy Goldkorn. .... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ....
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"When I open my eyes, I must sigh...I must despise the world which does not know that music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy. Music is the wine which inspires us to new generative processes, and I am the Bacchus who presses out this glorious wine to make mankind spiritually drunken." ..- Ludwig van Beethoven ...... ..New release "YUAN" on Tzadik Records out on Nov.25, 2008.. .. (click pink links to websites) .... USA: ..Tzadik Records.. (..www.tzadik.com.. ) .. Canada: ..Koch Entertainment.. (..www.kochentertainment.com..) ...... .. Order "Yuan" from Wu Fei directly:.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .......... .."A Distant Youth" (2007) online order sites :.. .. ...... .... Order "A Distant Youth" from Wu Fei directly: .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ...... Also available on: .... Asia: .. click pink links to websites .. .. www.hmv.co.jp .. (Japan) .... Europe: .. .. www.fanzinesdistribution.com .. (Italy) .. .. www.exlibris.ch.. (Switzerland) .. ..www.Amazon.co.uk .. (UK) .. .. www.Galileo-mc.de .. (Germany) .. .. www.Amazon.fr .. (France) .... North America: .. .. www.Amazon.ca.. (Canada).. U.S.A. .. .. www.Amazon.com .. .. .. Barnes and Noble .. .. .. www.Billboard.com .. .. .. www.CDuniverse.com.. .. .. Allegro Music.. .... .. Visit Wu Fei's artist profile on www.WOMEX.com .. ...... ...... .... .. .. ..
Influences
my father and mother ..Zhuangzi (369 BC-286 BC) ..guzheng, guqin ..beijing, hutong ..the summer palace ..cats ..old school beijing mandarin ..chinese folk songs ..philosophy ..literature ..beijing opera ..film ..traveling ..Mills College ..modern dance ..open-minded people ..thinking ..calligraphy ..galaxies ..chess ..tian'anmen square ..chinese pop from the 30s, 40s, 70s, 80s ..charlie chaplin ..Leo Tolstoy ...... In addition: ..beethoven, bach, schuman ..messiaen, ravel ..debussy, satie ..stravinsky, tchaikovsky ..shostakovich, mussorgsky ..prokofiev, scriabin ..chopin, holst ..bartok, ligeti, kodaly .. lutolawski, franz liszt ..edvard grieg ..leonard bernstein ..moondog ..akira kurosawa ..armand bournonville .. ..cage, stockhausen ..merce cunningham, pendereski ..toru takemitsu ..morton feldman, edgard varèse ..charles ives, samuel barber ..henry cowell, conlon nancarrow ..harry partch, antheil ..frank zappa ..raymond scott ..sofia gubaidulina ..george crumb, terry riley ..pauline oliveros, frederic rzewski ..steve reich ..stevan kovacs tickmayer .. ..jimi hendrix, prince ..nirvana, charlie parker ..miles davis, elizabeth cotten ..ahmad jamal, franco donatoni ..isang yun, john tavener ..wang luo-bin, gao wei-jie ..li xi'an, chen qi-gang, tan dun ..wang xi-lin, farmers market ..kazue sawai, cecil taylor ..joëlle léandre, alvin curran ..fred frith, bjork ..I Nyoman Windha (Bali) ..brian wilson ..doc watson ..hayao miyazaki ....
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da past + future .... to hear more music of Wu Fei, visit: .. ..myspace.com/feiwu.. .... For general booking: .. info@wufeimusic.com .... Booking for Scandinavian region & Germany: .. chiessi@chiessiproductions.com

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American woman assaulted by two local men in sanlitun Wednesday night 周三美国女人在三里屯被两个中国男人攻打了http://t.co/IwpBGg6p (from @ siennapc on weibo)

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2 days ago

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我的大外甥女的SAT出分了：数学800，写作790，阅读660，离她的常青藤目标更进了。my oldest niece received her SAT score: M 800, W 790, R 660, closer to her ivy leagues dream :)

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2 days ago

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可能是离开中国太久的缘故，我真的不理解为什么国人听到别人买了什么东西后，第一个问题永远是："多少钱买的？" 意义何在呢？

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2 days ago

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Gary Connery sets record for skydive without parachute (VIDEO) 英国人创纪录成功无伞跳飞机 (真tm刺激!) | GlobalPost http://t.co/E1ZgHhL4

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3 days ago

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Psyched to have the 1st meeting with my doula today! Feeling a sense of relief already :)

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