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Wu Fei"s Music Daily

An original piece of music every weekday from genre-bending composer, guzheng virtuoso, and vocalist Wu Fei. Concerts & tour info on www.wufeimusic.com wufeimusic.substack.com

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15:16

#764 — Impromptu for Clara Schumann 克拉拉舒曼即兴曲

Wu Fei"s Music Daily ·

2023/04/14

This solo guzheng improvisation was recorded yesterday, inspired by German composer, pianist, and piano teacher Clara Josephine Wieke-Schumann (1819 - 1896). I had known about Clara Schumann as the talented wife of Robert Schumann, another German composer. But yesterday, a coincidence online led me to discovering more of her work. I was amazed to discover details about her compositions, her marriage, her relationship with her parents, her profound friendship with German composer Brahms who wrote

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5:26

#760 — Budding 含苞欲放

Wu Fei"s Music Daily ·

2023/04/07

The early azalea (photo below) is here in Nashville. They smell amazing already. Can’t wait for the full blossoms! Wishing you all a beautiful weekend. Wu Fei 吴非Wufeimusic.comTwitter @wufeiInstagram @wufeimusicYouTube @wufeimusic This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit wufeimusic.substack.com/subscribe

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9:21

#756 — Ryuichi’s forest 龍一的森林

Wu Fei"s Music Daily ·

2023/04/03

Yesterday, I heard the passing of Japanese composer Ryuichi Sakamoto. I grew up listening to his music in films (The Last Emperor), animations and video games. As a composition student in a conservatory in China in the 1990s, Ryuichi Sakamoto’s music was like a fresh ingredient to my sonic learning book. This piece is dedicated to him. RIP, maestro. Thank you for composing all the music that filled my youth with wonder and joy. 一路走好, 坂本龍一先生。感谢您谱写那么多难忘的旋律，使我的少年时代充满幻想与美好。Japanese musician Ryuichi

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5:24

#755 — Spiky ballerina 小小大大舞

Wu Fei"s Music Daily ·

2023/03/31

Wish you all a healthy and romantic weekend with this new piece! Wu Fei 吴非Wufeimusic.comTwitter @wufeiInstagram @wufeimusicYouTube @wufeimusic This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit wufeimusic.substack.com/subscribe

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10:02

#751 — Clouds of perfume 香水云

Wu Fei"s Music Daily ·

2023/03/27

This piece was created and recorded yesterday. I plucked the strings on both sides of the bridges on my guzheng. One side is tuned in multi-pentatonic scale, and the other side is in all microtones. The blend of the two scales gives an interesting tone color and timbre that is seldomly explored in the traditional way of composing and performing. I find it very satisfying to create music like that. AS usual, you can hear the birds at the end of the recording :) During my daily hike yesterday, I saw

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6:04

#750 — Rue anemone 银莲葵

Wu Fei"s Music Daily ·

2023/03/24

This solo guzheng piece was created and recorded yesterday after seeing a rue-anemone (photo below) on the hillside of the forest. When I looked up this little flower, an interesting fact was that the rue-anemone was often confused with the similar species, the false rue-anemone. Both plants have white flowers that appear in early spring and grow in wooded areas. However, the false rue-anemone is more likely to be found in moist bottomlands and can form large colonies, while the rue-anemone grows

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4:17

#748 — Bunny rondo 灰兔回旋曲

Wu Fei"s Music Daily ·

2023/03/22

I wrote this piece yesterday and recorded it on multitrack guzheng, performed by me. Spring has arrived. The bunnies are out again in the forest. Each year, the cute furry animals become less scared of us. Now, when I step out of the house to put food leftover in the compost bin, the bunnies don’t run away any more. Instead, they hang around like in the photo below and wait for sweet peas and lettuce leaves from me :) Wu Fei 吴非Wufeimusic.comTwitter @wufeiInstagram @wufeimusicYouTube @wufeimusic

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6:01

#746 — Guzheng night song 50 古筝夜曲第五十号

Wu Fei"s Music Daily ·

2023/03/20

This composition was created and recorded yesterday, inspired by the memory of my concert residency at the UNECO World Heritage Zollverein in Essen Germany last November (photo below). Wu Fei 吴非Wufeimusic.comTwitter @wufeiInstagram @wufeimusicYouTube @wufeimusic This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit wufeimusic.substack.com/subscribe

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4:47

#745 — Get that bass 小钓思鲈

Wu Fei"s Music Daily ·

2023/03/17

This composition was created and recorded yesterday, inspired by a smart bass (photo below) that has been living in the pound near my home. A dear friend caught it yesterday & threw it back in the lake. I had fun watching him fishing. Hope this piece brings you a fun moment into your weekend!Wu Fei 吴非Wufeimusic.comTwitter @wufeiInstagram @wufeimusicYouTube @wufeimusic This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit

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4:44

#740 — Talking to the towhee 语雀

Wu Fei"s Music Daily ·

2023/03/10

I composed and recorded this multi-track guzheng piece yesterday morning after hearing the beautiful eastern towhee birds in the forest. I didn’t get a good photo of the birds. You can listen to their callings on: All About Birds of The Cornell Lab . It has become one of my favorite websites to learn about the birds in North America! Hope this piece brings a moment of joy into your weekend!Wu Fei 吴非Wufeimusic.comTwitter @wufeiInstagram @wufeimusicYouTube @wufeimusic This is a public episode. If

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5:38

#736 — This tree hasn’t given up yet 劲

Wu Fei"s Music Daily ·

2023/03/06

This piece was created and recorded yesterday on guzheng. I used mostly harmonics of the strings. Two days ago, Nashville experienced a day of severely strong wind. I was scared while I was driving my children from school to home in the wind. Every second, I worried my car being blown over by the wind. Luckily, we got home safely. However, more than 120,000 residents lost power for hours if not a full day. Yesterday, the weather was gorgeous. I hiked up to the hill to see the forest. Likely I

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7:22

#735 — Virginia spring beauty 花落花开

Wu Fei"s Music Daily ·

2023/03/03

《春晓》“春眠不觉晓，处处闻啼鸟。夜来风雨声，花落知多少。-” 孟浩然 ( 689 - 740), 唐代山水田园派诗人“Soundly sleeping in the spring, I didn’t realize the dawn. Till the birds broke out in song everywhere. Last night, in the clamor of wind and rain. How many flowers have fallen, would you suppose? ”- Meng Haoran (689 A.D. - 740 A.D.) Chinese poet from the Tang Dynasty. Meng Haoran was a major influence on other contemporary and subsequent poets of the High Tang era because of his focus on nature as a main topic for poetry.I can’t think

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5:47

#733 — Shadows and boats 影子，船

Wu Fei"s Music Daily ·

2023/03/01

Dear listeners, Twenty fours hours ago, I returned home from a week of concert residency with the Bellingham Symphony Orchestra in Washington state. It was a wonderful week rehearsing and delivering two successful concerts last weekend in Bellingham. I have attached some photos from this trip (see below). Wish I had photos from the concert. I was too busy playing on stage :) Bellingham is a beautiful city. Wish it was warmer last week so I could enjoy outdoor rather than staying inside because of

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3:40

#732 — Millipede dawn 千里之行, 始于足下

Wu Fei"s Music Daily ·

2023/02/17

I composed this guzheng piece yesterday inspired by the first millipede I saw this year. There is an old idiom in Chinese 千里之行, 始于足下. It means “a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.” Thank you all for your generous support from all over the world! This daily music project has changed my life in a significant and profound way. Everyday I get in a zone (when I’m home, not traveling) when I de-attach, re-tune, sound-cleansing whatever you call it. With a little new piece, I can

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6:59

#731 — Guzheng night song 48 古筝夜曲第四十八 | Concert...

Wu Fei"s Music Daily ·

2023/02/16

Friends in Washington state,I'm so excited to perform with Bellingham Symphony next week!Bellingham Symphony Orchestra on Sunday, 2/26, presents its 8th Harmony from Discord concert, featuring contemporary composer Wu Fei's Hello Gold Mountain.I am thrilled to be working with maestro Yaniv Attar! Info and tickets are here. Hope to see you there!Wu Fei 吴非Wufeimusic.comTwitter @wufeiInstagram @wufeimusicYouTube @wufeimusic This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers

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6:02

#729 — Bethlehem spring 百丽恒的春天

Wu Fei"s Music Daily ·

2023/02/14

What an amazing concert residency I had last week Zoellner Arts Center at Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. I am humbled to receive standing ovations from the audience for my symphony premiere of Hello Gold Mountain. What an honor to be called a “triple threat” artist by maestro Paul Salerni of Lehigh University Philharmonic! I’m now an honorary member or Lehigh Orchestra. Thank you for all the friends (including some of my subscribers here) who came from New Jersey, NYC, Virginia,

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4:09

#723 — Fungi chime 蘑铃

Wu Fei"s Music Daily ·

2023/01/27

I created and recorded this piece on sanxian 三弦 (means 3 strings) and guzheng, both performed by me. Besides plucking the sanxian, I also played the resonator as a drum. The membrane is made out of snake skin. You can go to this page to read more about the sanxian. Hope this piece brings you fun energy into your weekend!Wu Fei 吴非Wufeimusic.comTwitter @wufeiInstagram @wufeimusicYouTube @wufeimusicThe fungi in the forest in west Nashville look like little chime bells. Imagine if they had pitches!

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4:00

#722 — The toad knows 春风水暖蛙先知

Wu Fei"s Music Daily ·

2023/01/26

I had a fun hike in the forest encountering the first toad of the year (photo below). When I got home, I immediately created and recorded this multitrack on prepared guzheng (strings muted by a beach cloth). Hope it brings you a moment of joy in the early spring! Wu Fei 吴非Wufeimusic.comTwitter @wufeiInstagram @wufeimusicYouTube @wufeimusic This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit wufeimusic.substack.com/subscribe

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4:42

#718 — The black rabbit 黑兔 | Happy Lunar New Year

Wu Fei"s Music Daily ·

2023/01/20

This piece was created and recorded on multitrack guzheng to welcome the lunar new year of the rabbit, which starts on January 22 this year. Chinese Astrology also incorporates the five elements: Water, Metal, Wood, Earth, and Fire. The zodiac moves through a different element each year. 2023 will be the Year of the Water Rabbit. Because the Yin Water element is associated with the color black, some people call this the “Year of the Black Rabbit.”I would like to share another concert that is coming

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8:01

#714 — Double rainfall 雨的启示 | Nashville show

Wu Fei"s Music Daily ·

2023/01/13

It has been raining in Nashville. The rain inspired me to warm up my fingers on double guzheng. My left hand played a 3-finger rotating technique when my right hand played the long tremolos. The two guzhengs were tuned slightly different. That is how I hear the rain — sometimes the rain drops emerge into one pitch, some time the pitch split into hundreds of different pitches depending on the intensity of the rain and the objects that the rain drops land on. Hope this piece brings you a moment of

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