WU Yuxia
Prof. WU Yuxia
Chairman, China National Orchestra Society
Doctoral supervisor, Chinese National Academy of Arts
WU Yuxia is a member of the Creative Committee of the China Academy of Arts, a doctoral supervisor, and a first-class performer; a "cultural master" and a "four batch" talent of the Central Propaganda Department, president of the Chinese Ethnic Orchestra Society, and president of the Pipa Society of the China Musicians Association. She is the member of the 10th to 12th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, National March 8th red flag bearer, outstanding literary and artistic worker of all literary and art associations of the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles, an expert enjoying special allowances issued by the State Council, and researcher of national instrumental music and performing arts.
Published monographs My Pipa Journey, WU Yuxia Pipa Teaching Collection, etc.; literary essays My Stage - Player's Touchpoints and Standing Points, Exploration and Thoughts on Liu Dehai's Pipa Art, Annals of Chinese Music - Spring Flowers and Autumn Fruits - A Comprehensive Review of the Development of Chinese National Orchestral Art in the New Era, Inheritance is Not Conservative, Innovation never leaves the roots - Side notes on the Second National National Instrumental Music Exhibition, Cross-border innovation of pipa art from the perspective of Miaoyin Tianwu, etc.; Albums Ode to Thousand Autumn, Jade Ming East, Pearls Falling on Jade Plate, etc.; created Rhythm, Wind Playing on the Willows, etc.; premiered Spring and Autumn, Caprices on Ancient Roads, Miaoyin Tianwu, Tea Song, etc. From the 1980s to the present, she has successfully held hundreds of solo concerts at home and abroad. She performs in a way that has been described as "delicate without exaggeration, passionate but not wild, thoroughly comprehended, with plenty of emotion and distinction, writing a new chapter for Pipa Performance."
As an outstanding academic leader active on the art stage and forum today, WU Yuxia attaches great importance to the combination of theory and practice, explores the basic rules and practical logic of instrumental music performance from technical reserves to stage presentation, and personally practices the artistic proposition of "promoting the development and prosperity of folk music art in the new era requires in-depth research from multiple dimensions such as musicians and music, inheritance and innovation, exchange and integration, and tower base and spire."