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About
Winnie & Diana
Diana Rowan |
HARP | |
Winnie Wong |
GUZHENG |
We met 14 years ago and immediately fell in love with each other’s instruments and artistic visions.
That mutual curiosity continues to grow at our Monday rehearsals, alternating between Berkeley and San Francisco.
We’re a true Bay Area duo, and sharing the discoveries that emerge from this friendship is at the heart of Liu Xi.
In or own words
Winnie Wong
I was born in Hong Kong and raised in San Francisco. I began studying guzheng at four with virtuoso Weishan Liu and made my public debut at five. Deeply rooted in Chinese musical tradition, I’m passionate about improvisation, contemporary music, and connections across cultures.
I bring inherited techniques into new arrangements, honoring the guzheng’s heritage while exploring its possibilities today. In 2003, I founded China’s Spirit Music Ensemble, a home where generations of guzheng players deepen their artistry, celebrate their heritage, and share the beauty and vitality of this extraordinary instrument.
Diana Rowan
I’m an Irish-born harpist, pianist, composer, author, and teacher, and I make music that brings ancient traditions into conversation with life today. I was raised in a diplomatic family, and that international upbringing shaped a musical language drawing on Celtic, Balkan, Middle Eastern, and classical traditions, with innovation and improvisation at its heart.
My performances have taken me from the World Harp Congress in Australia to the Smithsonian in Washington, DC, and the US Embassy in Vietnam. My solo albums, Panta Rhei and The Bright Knowledge, reflect these wide-ranging influences.
I hold a PhD in music theory, specializing in world harp techniques for composers, and an MM in classical piano performance. I’m the author of The Bright Way: Five Steps to Freeing the Creative Within and founder of the Bright Way Guild online school, where I help people reconnect with their unique creative voices.
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