Image: Wu Man, photo by Call the Shots Photography
Hear the pipa, a Chinese instrument with 2,000 years of history, in the hands of the star soloist who carved its role in Western music.
For decades, Wu Man has reigned as the world’s leading exponent of the pipa, a pear-shaped Chinese lute whose history dates back more than 2,000 years. She has premiered hundreds of new works for the instrument, preserving and promoting millennia of ancient Chinese musical traditions while breaking new ground in Western classical, jazz, electronic, and folk music. Now, Wu Man returns to The Met to perform the Pipa Concerto of American composer Lou Harrison (1917–2003), one of the many pieces written especially for her, alongside traditional and original works for solo pipa. She is joined by the acclaimed Brooklyn orchestra The Knights—hailed as one of the ensembles paving “the future for classical music in America” (Los Angeles Times)—led by concertmaster and co-Artistic Director Colin Jacobsen.
This performance is presented in conjunction with The Met’s Department of Musical Instruments.
Tickets start at $35 ($30 + $5 fee)
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This performance is made possible by the Grace Jarcho Ross and Daniel G. Ross Concert Fund, and Friends of Musical Instruments: The Amati.
Children 6 and under are not permitted to attend MetLiveArts performances.