The pipa is often referred to as the Chinese lute, and may remind you a little bit of a Western guitar. The history of the instrument reaches back over 2,000 years. The pipa is a stringed instrument ...

You're hearing Min Xiao-Fen, one of the world's greatest virtuosos, playing the pipa. It's a pear-shaped, guitar-like instrument from China with a history that goes back thousands of years. Min's ...

The first time I saw Wu Man play the pipa, a four-stringed lute with an ancient Chinese lineage, time seemed to stop. I stood silently and slack-jawed, watching her left hand dart along the instrument ...

On October 3, 2026, New York's MusicON+ InterArts Festival will host a pipa-focused chamber music concert featuring the iconic Chinese plucked-string instrument with a history of over 2,000 years.

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.

The venerable Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall was set ablaze by the captivating charm of the Chinese pipa on July 20, as Professor Yong Ge and the Pipa π Ensemble presented "Pipa Unbound: ...

Wu ManNobody wields a pipa like Wu Man, the reigning virtuoso on the ancient four-stringed instrument. Almost single-handedly ...

Before she became the world’s most accomplished and innovative pipa player, Wu Man had a bright future in her native China on the four-string instrument, which dates back more than 2,000 years. A ...

You're hearing Min Xiao-Fen, one of the world's greatest virtuosos, playing the pipa. It's a pear-shaped, guitar-like instrument from China with a history that goes back thousands of years. Min's ...

Pipa artist Yang Jin will premiere new works by Wang Lu, Felipe Lara, Yoon-Ji Lee and Anthony Vine, alongside the U.S.