Sheng virtuoso Wu Wei has developed the ancient instrument into an innovative force in contemporary music. As a soloist, he has performed with the world's leading orchestras, ensembles and conductors and in prestigious international festivals. He has premiered more than 400 works, including 20 concertos for sheng and orchestra. Wu Wei is also a composer for the sheng and receives commissions for it. He studied at the Shanghai Academy of Music and at the Hanns Eisler Academy of Music in Berlin and was a professor at the Shanghai Conservatory of Music. He is a laureate of the German Music Competition Musica Vitale, the German Global Root Prize and the German Record Critics' Award, among others. Wu Wei has produced numerous CDs and DVDs.

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