these scores represent some of the oldest known surviving examples of "written music for the pipa", one of China's most iconic traditional instruments. The music dates back to the Tang Dynasty ...

Shimmering in the beam of the stage spotlight, Wu Man stands out from the symphony orchestra, cradling a pear-shaped, four-stringed Chinese lute, ...

Dubbed "the artist most responsible for bringing the pipa to the Western world" by the Los Angeles Times, Wu's name has become an embodiment of this musical instrument in American music circles ...