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Liu Fang
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Liu Fang (traditional Chinese: 劉芳; simplified Chinese: 刘芳), born in 1974 in Kunming, Yunnan, China, is one of the most renowned pipa players in the world. Living in Montreal, Canada since 1996, she has performed concerts in America, Europe and the Far-East. She possesses virtuoso technique, grace and a unique empathy toward the music she plays, whether it is a traditional folk tune or a modern Western composition. Liu has recorded and/or performed the Chinese traditional pipa repertoire, modern compositions by Chinese composers (Tan Dun, Zhou Long) and premiered new works for the pipa by R. Murray Shafer and Melissa Hui. Among other co-workers are Chen Yi and David Loeb. Born in 1974 to a family of artists, Liu was a child prodigy. Her mother, an actress, took her to rehearsals in her first years and at the age of six she began to learn the pipa, a particularly big and difficult instrument. She gave her first public performance at nine and started to win provincial competitions. In 1985, age 11, she performed for Queen Elizabeth II, and three years later won first prize at the National Competition for Young Musicians. At age 15 she was accepted at the Shanghai Conservatory of Music where she studied pipa and guzheng (a Chinese zither) for three years. Upon graduation she went back to her hometown of Kunming to perform with the local music and dance troupe. Despite support from the Chinese government, traditional music is more seen as necessary furniture rather than an art f
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The Soul of Pipa (1) - Chinese Pipa Music from the Classical Tradition
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The Soul of Pipa (2) - Chinese Classical Pipa Music: From the Ancient to the Recent
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