The Azrieli
Music Prizes
Zhongxi Wu
Zhongxi Wu comes from a long line of folk musicians; he is the fourth generation to play traditional double-reed and free-reed wind instruments. He learned suona from his father, Wu Jingmin, and grew up touring small towns and villages in Heilongjiang province, playing the suona during traditional ceremonies with his family’s band (Wu’s Suona Band). He graduated from the Heilongjiang Performing Arts University where he specialized in suona.
Zhongxi has since performed in China, Japan, the US, Europe, and Canada in such areas as solo and orchestral works, traditional Chinese opera, experimental theatre, contemporary music, Celtic traditions, and jazz idioms. Since immigrating to Canada, he also studied the Scottish Highland bagpipes and currently plays with the Delta Police Pipe Band, where he holds the rank of Pipe Sergeant.
Recently, Zhongxi recorded with the Vancouver Inter-Cultural Orchestra on the album In the Key of the World and with the Jodi Proznick Trio on their latest album, Jasmine Jazz.
Zhongxi has also taught students from the UBC School of Music to play Chinese reed instruments and is a faculty member of the World Music department at the VSO School of Music, where he teaches suona and sheng (a free-reed mouth organ).
For more information about the Azrieli Music Prizes please contact:
Phone: 1-(416)-322-5928 ext. 326
Azrieli Music Prizes
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