Liu Fang is regarded as one of the leading pipa players in the world. Born in Kunming (China) in 1974, she started learning the pipa at the age of 6 and soon began to perform in public as a child prodigy, including a performance for the Queen of England in 1985. She graduated from the Shanghai Conservatory in 1993 and has since appeared throughout the world in several prestigious venues. She performed at the World AIDS Day presented by the BBC World Service, UNESCO’s 60th Anniversary Concert in Paris and the WOMAD festival in the United Kingdom and Spain. She has released over a dozen recordings. Her album “Silk Sound” was awarded the prestigious Grand Prix du Disque Charles-Cros in France.
