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Min Xiao-Fen () is a Chinese and American pipa player, vocalist, and composer known for her work in traditional Chinese music, contemporary classical music, and jazz.
Min performed as a pipa soloist for the Nanjing National Music Orchestra from 1980 to 1992. She emigrated to the United States in 1992, first settling in San Francisco, California.Michael Heffley, "Interview with Min Xiao-Fen" (2009)
She has worked with numerous contemporary composers, including Chen Yi, Zhou Long, Carl Stone, Anthony De Ritis, Marc Battier, and John Zorn. She has worked with the jazz saxophonist Jane Ira Bloom and in 2021 with Jazz guitarist Rez Abbasi on her album White Lotus.NPR "The Traditional Chinese Pipa Meets Guitar In Min Xiao-Fen's 'White Lotus'" (2021) Min worked with Björk on the song "I See Who You Are" on Björk's album Volta, released on May 7, 2007.
Min lives in New York.Joseph Horowitz. "The Musical Odyssey of Min Xiao-Fen", The New York Times, March 3, 2005. Accessed June 18, 2009. "Ms. Min moved to New York in 1996. (She now lives in Forest Hills.)" She is also a founder of Blue Pipa, Inc.
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