劉芳 (
Liu Fang; simplified Chinese: 刘芳), born in 1974 in Kunming, Yunnan, China, is one of the most renown
pipa players in the world. Living in Montreal, Cabada 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 …
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