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nobody who wrote worth a damn ever wrote in peace |
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| Location: | Beijing / NYC, |
| Country: |  United States |
| Last Login: | Jul 4, 2008 (520 days back) |
About Me |
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| PLEASE DO NOT ASK FOR REMIXING MY MUSIC.
Short Bio: Wu Fei is taking the modern music world by storm. Born and raised in Beijing, Wu Fei is a virtuoso composer and performer who spent her formative years at the China Conservatory of Music before coming to the US in 2000. Later, she received her M.A. in Composition from Mills College, and a grant from "Meet the Composer". There, Wu Fei began to diversify her sound and experiment widely, working with musicians as dynamic as John Zorn, Béla Fleck, Fred Frith, and Cecil Taylor and also as a commissioned composer for Percussions Claviers de Lyon. Wu Fei's compositions for choir, string quartet, Balinese gamelan, orchestra, film, modern dance, and chamber ensemble exhibit her remarkable skill and profound musical understanding. She has, in recent years, given numerous performances in the US, Europe, and China, and will soon begin recording the follow up to her debut album, “A Distant Youth”. Wu Fei's performances on gu zheng and voice can be as delicate as lace or furious as thunder. (full length bio, visit www.wufeimusic.com ) Career Highlights: -- Most recent composition, “She Huo”, commissioned for Percussion Clavier de Lyon, premiered at the Forbidden City Concert Hall in Beijing (April 2007). -- Recorded debut album “A Distant Youth” in Italy and California (2007), which features appearances by Fred Frith, Carla Kihlstedt, and Helge Andreas Norbaaken. -- Appeared on Fred Frith's albums for film and dance music entitled “Eye to Ear II” (Tzadik) and “Happy End Problem” (ReR). -- Featured artist in the New Jazz Meeting, a project spearheaded by SWR (Germany) with Fred Frith as project leader (December 2007). -- Premier of two commissioned chamber works for Melody of China at the Herbst Theater, San Francisco (2003 and 2006). -- Featured in world music DVD entitled “Shan Qi” filmed in the Italian Alps in fall 2006 (Ozella Records, Germany 2008). -- Performed at the Beijing MIDI Festival attended by over 100,000 people (2007). Upcoming: -- Chamber composition / solo album produced by John Zorn on Tzadik. -- Guest artist for the Beijing 2008 Olympics International Cultural Exchange Porject "Colours of Fine Arts" -- Commissioned composer / performer DEAF 2009 "Summer Palace" by Wu Fei, live from Itri (ITA), summer European Tour 2007 A live recording in Venice of Chun by Wu Fei. From 2007 cd "A Distant Youth" (Forrest Hill). Footage from "Shan Qi" (dvd on Ozella Music). Directed by Giacomo Talamini, Arvmusic, Hive Division. "She Huo"- premiere in the Forbidden City Concert Hall, Beijing, 04/14/2007. Performed by Percussions Claviers de Lyon; Ms. Pan Eqing (pipa), Wu Fei (guzheng/voice). Music/Poetry composed by Wu Fei Interview by Danwei TV, April 2007, Beijing. Thanks to Anna Sophie (check her "Sexy Beijing" episodes on Danwei TV), Luke and Jeremy. **Biography in Italian** WU FEI Giovane virtuosa del guzheng e cantante, Wu Fei è oggi tra le più originali ambasciatrici della nuova musica cinese. Diplomatasi al China Conservatory of Music si trasferisce negli Stati Uniti e ottiene un master in composizione presso il Mills College di Oakland, California. In America può dare continuità alla propria ricerca artistica,aprendo i propri orizzonti alle più diverse tendenze dell'avanguardia contemporanea: lavora con il compositore Frederic Rzewski e con musicisti di grande spessore come Alvin Curran, Cecil Taylor, Greg Harris, Ikue Mori e Sylvie Courvoisier. Entrata sotto l'ala protettrice di John Zorn, collabora a diverse produzioni Tzadik di Fred Frith. Dal 2006 Wu Fei frequenta con assiduità la scena europea ottenendo una commissione originale da parte del prestigioso ensemble "Percussions Claviers" di Lione, con i quali si esibisce nella Città Proibita di Pechino ad Aprile 2007, e collaborando con il flautista Guo Yue (Real World) in Shan Qi. Si è esibita in Italia suonando con Guo Yue, Patrizia Laquidara, Beppe Gambetta, Fulvio Maras, Xabier Iriondo e altri musicisti. Virtuosa del guzheng, strumento a corde tradizionale cinese, Wu Fei è apprezzata performer e compositrice: ha partecipato a numerose sessions di studi musicologici presso prestigiose università americane. "A Distant Youth" é il suo disco d'esordio dove il guzheng interagisce con le chitarre di Fred Frith, il violino di Carla Kihlstedt e le percussioni di Helge A. Norbakken (Mari Boine, Maria Joao). Il cd é prodotto da Giovanni Amighetti di Arvmusic. La musica dell'emigrante Wu Fei é stata scoperta negli ultimi anni dalla giovane Cina progressista che vede in lei un'ambasciatrice delle possibilità artistiche date dalla fusione della cultura musicale classica e tradizionale cinese con il jazz e l'avanguardia "libera" occidentale. **Biography in Deutsche** Wu Fei wurde in Beijing (China) geboren und wuchs in dieser Stadt auf. Ab ihrem 6. Lebensjahr lernte sie traditionelle chinesische Musik sowie westliche klassische Musik. Zwischen ihrem 8. und 13. Lebensjahr sang sie im China National Symphony Girls.. Choir und konzentrierte sich im letzten Jahr in diesem Chor auf Komposition. Sie wurde daraufhin auf der High School des Chinesischen Musikkonservatoriums aufgenommen, wo sie im Hauptfach Komposition während ihrer sechsjährigen Studienzeit und der drei Jahre im College belegte. Während dieser Zeit studierte Wu Fei bei den Komponisten/Professoren/Dirigenten Yang Qing, Li Xi An, Gao Wei Jie, Luo Zhong Rong und Chu Chi Ji. Ihre Kompositionen in dieser Zeit waren hauptsächlich vom Impressionismus und der späten Romantik geprägt. In China wurden ihre Werke vom Hua Xia Chinese Chamber Ensemble, China Conservatory Chamber Ensemble und dem Central Broadcasting Youth Choire aufgeführt. Im Jahr 2000 ging Wu Fei an die Universität von North Texas, wo sie unter Dr. Phil Winsor ihre Studien fortsetzte. 2001 studierte sie bei Frederic Rzewski und von 2002 bis 2004 machte sie ihren Abschluss und studierte Komposition/Improvisation bei Joelle Leandre, Alvin Curran und Fred Frith am Mills College in Oakland. Während ihrer Zeit in Mills arbeitete sie unter anderem mit Cecil Taylor, William Winant, Annie Gosfield, Meredith Monk, Carla Kihlstedt, Kazue Sawai und Pauline Oliveros. Sie war zwei Jahre im Mills College Gamelan Ensemble und arbeitete dort mit dem großartigen Nyoman Windha aus Bali. Seit sie in in Boulder/Colorado wohnt ist Wu Fei kontinuierlich in der Worldmusic-Szene aktiv. Sie arbeitete mit Janet Feder, Colin Bricker und Greg Harris. 2005 trat Wu Fei im The Stone in New York mit Carla Kihlstedt, Ikue Mori, Sylvie Courvoisier und Kiku Day auf. Seit dem Sommer 2006 begann Wu Fei einige Projekte und Kollaborationen in Europa, unter anderem eine neue Komposition für die Percussions Claviers de Lyon und spielte Konzerte und Festivals in Italien, wo sie mit Guo Yue, Beppe Gambetta, Patrizia Laquidara u.a. spielte. "A Distant Youth" ist ihr erstes zusammen mit Giovanni Amighetti produziertes Solo-Album, auf dem sie ihre Guzheng/Vokal Kompositionen und Improvisationen präsentiert. Das Album vereint die traditionellen Chinesischen Elemente mit einem zeitgenössischen kompositiorischen Ansatz. Ihr zur Seite stehen auf dem Album Fred Frith, Carla Kihlstedt, Helge Andreas Norbakken, und einige mehr. Wu Fei komponierte Musik für Solo-Instrumente, Streichquartette, Chöre, Orchester, moderne und traditionelle Tanzmusik, Filmmusik und Musik für verschiedene Kammer-Ensembles. Ihre Kompositionen wurden in Städten wie London, Taipei, Beijing, Cincinatti, Dallas, San Francisco und Oakland aufgeführt. Sie trat auch solo und mit Ensembles in China, Dallas, Cincinnati, New York, Denver/Boulder, San Francisco und Europa auf. Sie ist auf Fred Frith neuem Film-Musik Album „Eye to Ear II" zu hören und komponierte auch einige der Stücke mit Frith zusammen und spielte auf dem Album ihre Guzheng. |
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Music:Member Since: 10/14/2005Band Website: wufeimusic.com Band Members: "When I open my eyes, I must sigh...I must despise the world which does not know that music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy. Music is the wine which inspires us to new generative processes, and I am the Bacchus who presses out this glorious wine to make mankind spiritually drunken." - Ludwig van Beethoven "A Distant Youth" (2007) online order sites : Asia: www.hmv.co.jp (Japan) Europe: www.fanzinesdistribution.com (Italy) www.exlibris.ch (Switzerland) www.Amazon.co.uk (UK) www.Galileo-mc.de (Germany) www.Amazon.fr (France) North America: www.Amazon.ca (Canada) U.S.A. : www.Amazon.com Barnes and Noble www.Billboard.com www.CDuniverse.com Allegro Music Visit Wu Fei's artist profile on www.WOMEX.com : Influences: my father and mother guqin, guzheng beijing, hutong the summer palace cats beijing mandarin chinese folk songs philosophy chinese literature beijing opera film traveling Mills College modern dance open-minded people thinking galaxies In addition: beethoven, bach, schuman messiaen, ravel debussy, satie stravinsky, tchaikovsky shostakovich, mussorgsky prokofiev, scriabin chopin, holst bartok, ligeti, kodaly lutolawski, franz liszt leonard bernstein moondog akira kurosawa armand bournonville cage, staukhausen merce cunningham, pendereski toru takemitsu morton feldman, edgard varese charles ives, samuel barber henry cowell, conlon nancarrow harry partch, antheil frank zappa raymond scott sofia gubaidulina george crumb, terry riley pauline oliveros, frederic rzewski steve reich, john adams jimi hendrix, prince charlie parker, miles davis elizabeth cotten, ahmad jamal franco donatoni isang yun, john tavner wang luo-bin, gao wei-jie chen qi-gang, tan dun wang xi-lin, farmers market kazue sawai, cecil taylor joelle leandre, alvin curran fred frith, bjork I Nyoman Windha (Bali) brian wilson Sounds Like: da past + future to hear more music of Wu Fei, visit: myspace.com/feiwu For PR kitt download (tech requirement, bio, & high res pics), visit: www.arvmusic.org/Booking Record Label: Forrest Hill (italy), Tzadik (us), ReR (uk), Anti Type of Label: Indie |
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My Background and Lifestyle |
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| Occupation: | Music Artist (Experimental / Acoustic / Classical) |
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All About Jazz Review of album "A Distant Youth" |
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| article published on AllAboutJazz.com: http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=29433A Distant YouthWu Fei | Forrest Hill Records (2007)By Eyal Hareuveni Discuss Wu Fei is a master player of th... Posted by Wu Fei on Fri, 16 May 2008 09:10:00 PST |
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justification for arts & fuck politics |
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| ok, ppl, as i menti oned on the headl ine: arts and artis ts shoul d never be victi ms of polit ics. art is what bring s ppl toget her, and polit ics tend to do the oppos ite. as many art proje ct... Posted by Wu Fei on Sat, 26 Apr 2008 12:59:00 PST |
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Reviews of debut record "A Distant Youth" (Europe) |
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| 1. BLOW UP- Novembre 2007 www.blowupmagazine.comLa virtuosa del guzheng (strumento a corda orientale della famiglia delle cetre) Wu Fei e.. riuscit... Posted by Wu Fei on Mon, 07 Jan 2008 03:40:00 PST |
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"A Distant Youth" is the "Most Wanted Reissue" on Downtown Music Gallery, NYC |
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| A proud announcement:"A Distant Youth" has been listed as the "most wanted reissue" on Downtown Music Gallery, NYC (Oct. Newsletter). "... WU FEI With FRED FRITH/KARLA KIHLSTEDT/HELGE A. NORBAKKEN - ... Posted by Wu Fei on Thu, 27 Dec 2007 01:34:00 PST |
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Wu Fei featured on "Women of China" Magazine, May 2007 Issue |
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| Women of China Magazine ( http://www.womenofchina.cn/emagazine/)Women of China 15 Jianguomennei Dajie Beijing, PRC(8610)-65103411 or 65103412 Fax: (8610)85112107 Email: wome... Posted by Wu Fei on Fri, 20 Jul 2007 01:26:00 PST |
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a poem i wrote today |
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| "Without Nothingness"ether, the silence within infinity that takes me to the past, present, and the future. i enter the world screaming as loud as i can because i can't see, can't hear, can't ... Posted by Wu Fei on Mon, 29 Jan 2007 08:31:00 PST |
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About the song "Dalla Caverna alla montagna" |
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| DALLA CAVERNA ALLA MONTAGNARegistrazione dal vivo, sabato 1 luglio 2006 alla Villa Penicina-Romagnese (PV)Canzone scritta e arrangiata per INCONTRI 2006, progetto della Societ dell'Accademia e del fe... Posted by Wu Fei on Fri, 20 Oct 2006 11:13:00 PST |
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