#1028 Wu Fei’s Music Daily — The Danė River night song 达涅河的夜歌 Thank you for being patient with me this last week when I was away from home. I’m back home from a beautiful trip premiering guzheng concertos with the Klaipeda Chamber Orchestra in Lithuania. wufeimusic.substack.com/p/1028-the-d...

What an amazing concert I played with the beautiful Klaipėdos kamerinis orkestras / Klaipėda Chamber Orchestra last night, conducted by maestro Leif Karlsson! ačiū, Klaipeda! Always looking forward to be back ❤️

Show time! Klaipeda, Lithuania

Excerpts of today’s rehearsal - Oscar Original Score winning composer Tan Dun’s #guzheng concerto w/ Klaipeda Chamber Orchestra conductor Leif Karlsson (Sweden) for our concert on 9/27/2025 Klaipeda Concert Hall, Lithuania Tix: www.koncertusale.lt/en/event/asi...

Practicing for my guzheng concerto “If I Was A Batman Queen” after rehearsing w/ Klaipeda Chamber Orchestra. Will use the batons to conduct an orch improv in Batman Queen. Conductor Leif Karlsson will also play drums in Batman Queen. Will be fun! Tix for 9/27 www.koncertusale.lt/en/event/asi...

Rehearsing maestro Tan Dun’s guzheng concerto w/ Klaipeda Chamber Orchestra conductor Leif Karlsson (Sweden) for our concert on 9/27/2025 Tix: www.koncertusale.lt/en/event/asi...

A perfect evening by the Akmena-Dane River, Klaipeda 🇱🇹 傍晚，在克莱佩达的阿克梅纳-达内河畔，充斥着少年时代曾对东欧浪漫的憧憬 #Lithuania

A perfect evening by the Akmena-Dane River, Klaipeda 🇱🇹 Music: Cafe Accordion Orchestra Song: Indifference. 傍晚，在克莱佩达的阿克梅纳-达内河畔散步，回想起少年时代曾憧憬过的东欧的浪漫🇱🇹 音乐：Cafe Accordion Orchestra咖啡馆手风琴乐团 （立陶宛） 曲名：Indifference (漠然)

Wasn’t expecting to see this walking in the center of Klaipeda looking for a restaurant today. Thank you #Lithuania! Tickets for Saturday’s concert: www.koncertusale.lt/en/event/asi...

Saddened by the passing of our mentor, friend, inspiration and frequent ChinaFile contributor Jerry Cohen and remembering his remarkable big, long, rich life with gratitude-https://usali.org/institute-news/remembering-jerome-a-cohen

#1207 Wu Fei’s Music Daily — New year, new zithers 新年, 新筝 Shana Tova! It’ll be the Jewish new year 5786 beginning at sundown today. I thought the Chinese new year was old. Today’s piece is inspired by all of the zithers of Eastern Europe wufeimusic.substack.com/p/1207-new-y...

As I’m preparing my first trip to the Baltic coast to play with the Klaipeda Chamber Orchestra in Lithuania, I just learned something absolutely amazing after googling “Lithuanian and Latvian folk music”. As a guzheng musician, I’m over joyed by this discovery:

I’d love to share this fun piece “Ya Li Da 压力大” with you. It means ‘big pressure’. Music by The Wu-Force Orchestrated by me Musicians: The Wu-Force: Wu Fei (guzheng/voice), Abigail Washburn (banjo/voice), Kai Welch (piano/voice) chatterbird ensemble wufeimusic.substack.com/p/the-wu-for...

Big pressure! A piece of music by @wufei.bsky.social that tries to sing you through our current moment.

Hope Arvo Pärt’s music can help you heal if you are going through difficult times youtu.be/epJ4N_y7038?...

#1206 Wu Fei’s Music Daily — Acorns preparing the guzheng 橡语问筝 I’m excited to share a new four-track piece for guzheng, inspired and physically shaped by the acorns covering the forest trails near my home. wufeimusic.substack.com/p/1206-acorn...

'At an AI panel in early 2023, he (Song-Chun Zhu) avoided any praise for ChatGPT as a technical feat. Large language models, he said, “still fall short” of AGI because they do not “have the ability to understand or align with human values”.' written by Chang Che www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...

Working on two guzheng concertos for my Lithuania debut with the Klaipeda Chamber Orchestra on Sep. 27, Saturday at Klaipeda Concert Hall. One is maestro Tan Dun’s composition and one is my own work “If I Was A Batman Queen” 💪🏼 www.koncertusale.lt/en/event/asi...

#1204 Wu Fei’s Music Daily — Sintra’s ceiling 辛特拉的天花板 I composed and recorded this guzheng étude today, inspired by the patterns of one of the ceilings in the National Palace of Sintra. I visited this historical place in July this year. wufeimusic.substack.com/p/1204-sintr...

I am excited to announce I'll be returning to perform at Big Ears Festival 2026, March 26-29 in Knoxville, TN. Honored to be included in an AMAZING lineup! (So many my heroes are playing 🤩) For more information or to purchase passes, please visit bigearsfestival.org #BigEarsKnox

#1200 Wu Fei’s Music Daily — Pebble march 正步小龟 Excited to share a 3-track guzheng piece I recorded today. It’s inspired by a small Eastern Box Turtle I met on my driveway yesterday. It’s always a gift to see these fascinating turtles around my home. wufeimusic.substack.com/p/1200-pebbl...

9/27, 2025 Sat., I’ll have my Lithuania 🇱🇹 debut with the Klaipėda Chamber Orchestra as part of the Contemporary Music Festival “Permainų muzika”. Venue: Klaipeda Concert Hall Soloist: Wu Fei (Guzheng/voice) Conductor: Leif Karlsson (Sweden) Tix & info: www.koncertusale.lt/en/event/asi...

My talented audio engineer friends, Smithsonian Folkways Recordings is hiring! Details: folkways.si.edu/news-and-pre...

#1196 Wu Fei’s Music Daily — This night, what night? 今夕,何夕? My heart is heavy with the news of the passing of a family friend today. It is the Chinese Qixi 七夕 festival, sometimes called Chinese Vaentine’s Day, which comes wufeimusic.substack.com/p/1196-this-...

#1193 Wu Fei’s Music Daily — Pink in the skeleton tree 胭脂海棠骨 wufeimusic.substack.com/p/1193-pink-...

#1190 Wu Fei’s Music Daily — Milky Way night song 维天有汉, 鉴亦有光 Thank you all for your patience while I was traveling in Northern California. I've returned to the green forests of Middle Tennessee feeling deeply inspired. wufeimusic.substack.com/p/1190-milky...

So good to be back in San Francisco where I called home during my graduate school years. My driver Mr. Zhao brought me peaches and cherry tomatoes for the ride 🙏 That’s so sweet and so Chinese ❤️

See y’all soon, California ❤️ I’ve got some Nashville string vibe coming to you 🤘

#1188 Wu Fei’s Music Daily —A temple of wisdom 慧园 Last month in Mojácar, Spain, I was deeply moved by the words engraved on the door of the house where I stayed. Hosted by my dear friends who are the owners. They cooked traditional paella for us, wufeimusic.substack.com/p/1188-a-tem...

#1187 Wu Fei’s Music Daily — Old man and his sheep 牧羊的老人 Inspired by a moment in the tiny Spanish village of El Villar—watching an old shepherd with his flock —this 3-track guzheng piece explores structure through ostinato & non-strict pitch-reversed canon. wufeimusic.substack.com/p/1187-old-m...

#1186 Wu Fei’s Music Daily — Hungry turkeys 饱汉不知饿汉饥 I recorded this fast 4-track guzheng song today. As I walked to my studio, 7 wild turkeys lined my driveway. They foraged beneath our bird feeder, cleaning up the spilled seeds. It's good to see them return! wufeimusic.substack.com/p/1186-hungr...

When I was about to start yoga #hummingbird #蜂鸟 有蜂鸟相伴，瑜伽愈发乐乎。 Music composed by Wu Fei Title: Ping Tan Performed by Wu Fei (vocals) + Carla Kihlstedt (violin) From album A Distant Youth

1185 Wu Fei’s Music Daily — Óbidos Geese | Concert Announcement: Klaipėda, Lithuania wufeimusic.substack.com/p/1185-obido...

#1182 Wu Fei’s Music Daily — The old silo 那年谷仓边 Photo: Brett Warren wufeimusic.substack.com/p/1182-the-o...

吴非音乐日报第1179期《 Ruins of the convent 海啸后的修道院 》 这段古筝独奏即兴作品录制于昨日，其灵感来源于一座在1755年葡萄牙海啸中被摧毁的修道院废墟。上周在葡萄牙期间，我每天都会经过那里。 链接中还包含了我即将于九月在立陶宛🇱🇹克莱佩达音乐厅与克莱佩达管弦乐团同台合作（Klaipèda Chamber Orchestra）的音乐会信息。这将是我在立陶宛的首演。我对此非常期待！

#1179 Wu Fei’s Music Daily — Ruins of the convent 海啸后的修道院 This solo guzheng improvisation was recorded yesterday morning. I was inspired by the ruins of a convent that was destroyed by a tsunami in Portugal in 1755. I walked by it everyday Portugal last week. wufeimusic.substack.com/p/1179-ruins...

The magical Medieval Festival of Óbidos + the glorious seafood of Santa Cruz. 🇵🇹 ❤️

The sunset over Lisbon, the bright sun in Washington DC, the rosy dawn of the Forbidden City. 里斯本的落日，华盛顿的艳阳，紫禁城的朝霞

Morning walk at a dos Cunhados, Lisboa, Portugal 🇵🇹

Moments of the Alcazaba de Malaga concert 昨晚，我在历史悠久的马拉加阿尔卡萨瓦城堡（la Alcazaba）成功举办了音乐会 🇪🇸 特别感谢我的经纪人德西蕾·哈拉克（Désirée Halac），是您让我的西班牙首演成为我和家人一次真正难忘的绝妙经历！ 感谢我的朋友莱莉·埃文斯（Lely Evans），让我得以演奏她那美妙的古筝！ 座无虚席的观众 + 许多全程站立在后方的人们，深深打动了我 🙏 我还有机会即兴配合了马拉加的警笛声 😉 那可是相当有趣呢！ 我爱 #西班牙 🇪🇸 下一场音乐会，莫哈卡尔（Mojácar）见 💪🏼

A moment from my concert last night at the historical la Alcazaba (castle) de Málaga 🇪🇸 Thx to my friend Lely’s guzheng + filming ❤️ I was moved by the packed audience + many standing in the back the whole time 🙏 Spain is amazing!

Friends in Spain, hope to see you at my concert at the historical Alcazaba de Málaga 10pm tonight! Tix juliomusical.janto.es/en/Evento/ca... Big thx to dear friend Lely for letting me play her gorgeous guzheng - carved out from 1 tree. Can’t wait to debut this piece of art for my Spain premiere!

西班牙古城Antequera的美食 🇪🇸 Comida en Antequera is a symphony

Friends in Mojácar, Spain, Hope to see you at my second solo concert in Spain on July 17th! Time: 21:30 Amigos en Mojácar, España, ¡Espero verles en mi segundo concierto en solitario en España el 17 de julio! Hora: 21:30h 西班牙莫哈卡尔的朋友们： 期待在7月17日于西班牙举办的第二场个人音乐会上与你们相见！ 时间：21:30

Friends in Spain, My solo concert at the historical Alcazaba (castle) of Málaga on July 15 is on sale now as part of the amazing Julio Musical Festival: juliomusical.janto.es/en/Evento/ca... I’m super excited & honored! Hope to see you there!

#1177 Wu Fei’s Music Daily — The Nations This solo guzheng piece was recorded today, inspired by the iconic mural on a grain silo in Nashville’s The Nations neighborhood. wufeimusic.substack.com/p/1177-the-n...

Listening to Georgian & Azerbaijan music this morning. I find their way of trading the bagpipes with vocals refreshing — no transition to merge with each other. They act alone in one song as independent elements, not to accompany another. Very rare & cool. music.youtube.com/watch?v=j-70...

#1174 Wu Fei’s Music Daily — Hummingbird waltz 蜂鸟圆舞曲 I recorded this guzheng waltz today inspired by the gorgeous hummingbirds in the forest. Info in link ⬇️ re. my Spain solo concert at the historical Alcazaba of Málaga on 7/15. I’m so excited about it! wufeimusic.substack.com/p/1174-hummi...

我的红宝石喉蜂鸟终于回来了😍 my ruby-throated hummingbird is back!