Composer and pipa virtuoso, Ms. Min Xiao-Fen is our guest this week to talk about her recently released album Metta, which features the scores of 2 Chinese silent films, The Romance of the Fruits Peddler and Romance of the Western Chamber. These scores were commissioned by the Smithsonian Institute in 2023.

We also discuss:

• Growing up in a musical family
• Going from a classical background to collaborating with jazz greats like John Zorn, Derek Bailey and Wadada Leo Smith
• Collaborating with Bjork on "I See Who You Are" from the album Volta
• Learning to improvise and learning the Chinese connection to jazz

For More Information about Min Xiao-Fen:

Website: http://minbluepipa.com/news

IG: https://www.instagram.com/minxiaofen

FB: https://www.facebook.com/min.xiaofen/

An NPR interview with Ms. Min from 2021:

https://www.npr.org/2021/07/03/1012832047/the-traditional-chinese-pipa-meets-guitar-in-min-xiao-fens-white-lotus

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