Wu Man + Son de San Diego
Friday, September 19, 8:00pm
Carlsbad Village Theatre
Festival passes: $95
Single tickets: $20
When China meets Latin America: Wu Man and Son de Son Diego. Wu Man’s collaboration with Son de San Diego featuring the intersection of stringed instruments from China and Mexico. This is the final performance in a year-long collaboration funded by a San Diego Foundation Creative Catalyst Grant.
Wu Man website
Wu Man
Wu Man is an internationally renowned pipa (Chinese lute) virtuoso, cited by the Los Angeles Times as ‘the artist most responsible for bringing the pipa to the Western World.’ Born in Hangzhou, China, Wu Man studied at the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing where she became the first recipient of a master’s degree in pipa. She currently lives in Boston where she was chosen as a Bunting Fellow at the Radcliffe Institute of Advanced Study at Harvard University. Wu Man was selected by Yo-Yo Ma as the winner of the City of Toronto Glenn Gould Protégé Prize in music and communication. She is also the first artist from China to have performed at the White House with the noted cellist with whom she now performs as part of the Silk Road Project. Wu Man has collaborated with distinguished musicians such as Yo-Yo Ma, David Zinman, Yuri Bashmet, and Cho-liang Lin. In the orchestral world she has performed with the New York Philharmonic, the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra, and many others. Her touring has taken her to the major music halls of the world including Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center.
Son de San Diego
Son de San Diego plays music from the southern region of Veracruz State in Mexico known as Son Jarocho. They use traditional string instruments (jarana, guitarra de son and tarima).The best-known song from this tradition is “La Bamba.” The director, Eduardo Garcia teaches in the Visual and Performing Arts Department at California State University San Marcos.
