Recognized as the world's premier pipa virtuoso and as a leading ambassador of Chinese music, U.S.-based, Chinese-born musician Wu Man has carved out a career creating and fostering projects that give this ancient instrument a new role in today's music world, not only introducing the instrument to new audiences, but commissioning and premiering over a hundred new works to grow the core repertoire. A Grammy Award-nominated artist, her adventurous musical spirit has also led to her becoming a respected expert on the history and preservation of Chinese musical traditions, reflected in her recorded and live performances and multi-cultural collaborations.
The pipa, a lute-like instrument with a history of more than 2,000 years, does not become marginalized as only appropriate for Chinese music, numerous projects have brought Wu Man and her pipa together with a wide array of international artists and ethnicities. Her 'Wu Man & Friends' concerts and recordings have created lively musical conversations between the pipa and instruments from East Africa, America's Appalachian mountains, the Ukraine, Taiwan, India, Alaska and Central Asia, including Tajikistan and the Uighur region. Projects she has instigated have resulted in the pipa finding a place in new solo and quartet works, concertos, opera, chamber, electronic, and jazz music as well as in theater productions, film, dance and collaborations with visual artists including calligraphers and painters.
Kartik Seshadri is also a distinguished composer and educator of Indian Classical Music that includes his Quartet for a Raga and his latest "Concerto #1 for Sitar and Chamber Orchestra" received its world premier last October in San Diego.
As an educator Seshadri heads one of the largest programs of Indian Classical Music at the University of California, San Diego besides being regularly invited as a distinguished guest faculty member at various musical establishments around the world.
Admission: $25 ($20 for Museum Members / $18 for students)
Location:
Museum of Making Music
5790 Armada Drive
Carlsbad, CA 92008
Dates and times: Saturday, June 16 - 7:00 PM
For more information or reservation please call: (619) 232-7931 or visit: www.museumofmakingmusic.org
The pipa, a lute-like instrument with a history of more than 2,000 years, does not become marginalized as only appropriate for Chinese music, numerous projects have brought Wu Man and her pipa together with a wide array of international artists and ethnicities. Her 'Wu Man & Friends' concerts and recordings have created lively musical conversations between the pipa and instruments from East Africa, America's Appalachian mountains, the Ukraine, Taiwan, India, Alaska and Central Asia, including Tajikistan and the Uighur region. Projects she has instigated have resulted in the pipa finding a place in new solo and quartet works, concertos, opera, chamber, electronic, and jazz music as well as in theater productions, film, dance and collaborations with visual artists including calligraphers and painters.
Kartik Seshadri is also a distinguished composer and educator of Indian Classical Music that includes his Quartet for a Raga and his latest "Concerto #1 for Sitar and Chamber Orchestra" received its world premier last October in San Diego.
As an educator Seshadri heads one of the largest programs of Indian Classical Music at the University of California, San Diego besides being regularly invited as a distinguished guest faculty member at various musical establishments around the world.
Admission: $25 ($20 for Museum Members / $18 for students)
Location:
Museum of Making Music
5790 Armada Drive
Carlsbad, CA 92008
Dates and times: Saturday, June 16 - 7:00 PM
For more information or reservation please call: (619) 232-7931 or visit: www.museumofmakingmusic.org
