# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/wu-man
# Generated: 2026-08-12T18:15:35.698Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/wu-man"
name: "Wu Man"
slug: "wu-man"
description: "Wu Man is a Chinese pipa player and composer. Trained in Pudong-style pipa performance at the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing, she is known for playing in a broad range of musical styles and introducing the pipa and its Chinese heritage into Western genres. She has performed and recorded extensively with the Kronos Quartet and Silk Road Ensemble and has premiered works by Philip Glass, Lou Harrison, Terry Riley, Bright Sheng, Tan Dun, Zhao Jiping, and Zhou Long, among many others. She has recorded and appeared on over 40 albums, five of which have been nominated for Grammy Awards. In 2013, she was named Instrumentalist of the Year by Musical America, becoming the first performer of a non-Western instrument to receive this award. She additionally received The United States Artists Award in 2008."
tagline: "Chinese musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Wu_Man_(China)_-_WOMEX_15%2C_2015.10.24_(1).JPG?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "China"
  isoCode: "CN"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1963"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           42.76
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.350577333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     59.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.wumanpipa.org/"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/282228"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%88_%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "وو مان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%88_%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "وو مان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wu_Man"
    title: "Wu Man"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wu_Man"
    title: "Wu Man"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wu_Man"
    title: "Wu Man"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wu_Man"
    title: "Wu Man"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wu_Man"
    title: "Wu Man"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%90%B4%E8%9B%AE"
    title: "吴蛮"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/58c2f02f-8093-426f-9515-b509b45ce8fd"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q436236"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump