The dots between Chi­nese pipa and Bay Area artist Hung Liu’s works as fund rais­er to sup­port the SF Con­tem­po­rary Music Play­ers.   Rec­om­mend on Face­book Tweet about it Sub­scribe to the com­ments onCon­tin­ue read­ingElec­tric Works Gallery

With the tal­ent­ed Bridge Cham­ber Vio­tu­oso, I was hon­ored to be asked to per­form “Ning”, a Trio for Vio­lin (Wei He/SF Con­ser­va­to­ry of Music), Cel­lo (Amos Yang/SF Sym­pho­ny) and Pipa,Con­tin­ue read­ingde Young Muse­um, San Francisco

With Cana­di­an Mike Kos­towsyj on amaz­ing 55 strings ban­dura, I played Pipa, a solo and impro­vis­ing duet live music at Half Moon Bay Wine Bar down Pil­lar Point har­bor at Sep.25,Con­tin­ue read­ingAcoustic Music

A very pleas­ant per­for­mance for Dr. GONG Min­lu’s spe­cial lec­ture “Chris­t­ian Cul­ture in the Eyes of Xiangxi Writer Shen Con­g­wen”, pre­sent­ed by Friends of Ric­ci and the Ric­ci Insti­tute atCon­tin­ue read­ingSan­ta Clara Church

Back to Hous­ton again, on April, 29, at down­town Sam Hous­ton Park, I per­formed the “Court­side” with Hous­ton Opera House HGO­co. The 2011 Hous­ton Inter­na­tion­al Fes­ti­val (iFest) fol­lows the routeCon­tin­ue read­ing2011 Hous­ton Inter­na­tion­al Fes­ti­val (iFest)

World music com­bi­na­tion gig, an acoustic round robin with Mike Kos­towsyj on an amaz­ing 55 string ukraine ban­dura solo, Mark Kostrze­wa on gui­tar solo, and my pipa solo, also includ­ingCon­tin­ue read­ingAcoustic World Music Gig, Half Moon Bay

With House of Straw again, hon­ored to be part of the ben­e­fit con­cert for vic­tims of the Japan­ese Earth­quake & Tsuna­mi. 100% of prof­its goes to ben­e­fit char­i­ties help­ing in the reliefCon­tin­ue read­ingJapan Earth­quake Relief Concert

It was my first time and fun to join Jack Per­la’s Jazz group “House of Straw” per­for­mance at Pied­mont Piano Com­pa­ny, Oak­land, CA. March, 11. 2011. Jack Per­la — piano,Con­tin­ue read­ingPied­mont Piano Com­pa­ny, Oakland

The first one act cham­ber opera in the East + West series, Court­side, was com­posed by Jack Per­la with a libret­to by Euge­nie Chan, as announc­ing the launch of Song of Hous­ton: EastCon­tin­ue read­ingHous­ton Grand Opera HGO­co — World Pre­miere “Court­side”

From Jan­u­ary through May 2011, col­lab­o­rat­ing with Melody of Chi­na, will part­ner with the San Fran­cis­co Sym­pho­ny’s Adven­tures in Music pro­gram (AIM) in giv­ing per­for­mances in San Fran­cis­co and bayCon­tin­ue read­ingSan Fran­cis­co Sym­pho­ny Advan­tures In Music Program