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Shanghai Quartet with Wu Man, Pipa
The Smithsonian Institute will host the Shanghai Quartet with special guest, Grammy Award nominee Wu Man on Chinese lute (pipa).
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The quartet performs Lei Liang’s Five Seasons for string quartet with Grammy Award nominee Wu Man on Chinese lute (pipa), as well as Beethoven’s Quartet in D, op. 18, no. 3, and Schumann’s Quartet No. 1, op. 41, no. 1. Also presented in conjunction with Echoes of the Past.
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