Image of Xi Lu playing the Pipa. Xi has long black hair and a red blouse with a black suit jacket.

Xi Lu

PhD Program, Ethnomusicology | Oral Culture; Linguistic-Musical Connections in Peking Drum Songs; Chinese Traditional Music; Saudade in Portuguese Fado
  • School of Music

Xi Lu is an ethnomusicologist and a pipa player. She holds a bachelor’s degree in musicology from the Central Conservatory of Music in China. During her junior year, she participated in a one-year exchange program at the Geneva Conservatory of Music in Switzerland. She completed her master’s degree in ethnomusicology at Bard College, studying under the guidance of Joseph S.C. Lam. Xi Lu’s academic accomplishments have been recognized with a second prize award at the Music Cup Aesthetic Competition in April 2019. She also published an article entitled “Study Abroad in Switzerland” in the journal Music Life in China.

As a pipa player, she performed with the Chinese Jiangnan Silk Bamboo ensemble at Geneva’s Victoria Hall in 2019. She has since appeared as a pipa soloist at Lincoln Center in 2022 and 2023. She was also the pipa soloist at the World Trade Center in New York City in February 2024.

  • Graduate Student