Pipa player / vocalist Min Xiao-Fen, internationally known for her virtuosity and fluid style, is a prototype artist in this tradition. She has influenced countless Chinese musicians and her influence expands to players of all instruments and beyond China as well. Ms. Min learned the pipa with her father, Min Ji-Qian, a professor and pipa master at Nanjing University. Her work as a pipa soloist for the famed Nanjing National Music Orchestra from 1980 to 1992 set the standard for the rest of her career. Read more on Last.fm