Xuefei appears on the new Ian Bostridge CD of Britten Songs.

Xuefei and the English tenor Ian perform Britten's "Songs from the Chinese, Op58."  The six songs are : The Big Chariot, The Old Lute, The Autumn Wind,  The Herd Boy,  Depression, & Dance Song.

The CD is on EMI Classics & is available now on pre-order from Amazon and other retailers.  General release is scheduled for April 22nd.

Xuefei was interviewed for the recent edition of the (Italian) Guitar Art - see the full article, and pictures, here.

Start this Spring with a concert !

> Parbold, Lancashire - Apr 6, 7.45pm - solo recital

> Sundin Music Hall, Minneapolis, USA - Apr 12 - solo rectial

> Spivey Hall, USA - Apr 14, 3.00pm - solo recital

> Peristyle Theatre, Toledo, USA - Apr19, 8pm - concerto with Toledo Symphony Orch, conducted by Maximiano Valdes

> Peristyle Theatre, Toledo, USA - Apr 20, 8pm - concerto with Toledo Symphony Orch, conducted by Maximiano Valdes

> Hagley Hall, West Midlands - Apr 27, 7.30pm - solo recital

Enjoy the latest photos from Xuefei's life on the road here.

Xuefei performed in Cornwall and London.

Xuefei has received the great honour of being made a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Music - a title held by at most 300 people at any one time.  Xuefei received her award at a ceremony in London from HRH The Duchess of Gloucester. 

See more pictures here.  

Xuefei's latest CD for EMI Classics is now available in record shops & online.  It is available on CD or via download. 

"Bach Concertos" is Xuefei's most innovative and exciting recording to date.  It features her own transcriptions of three Bach concertos, plus some of his solo works.   

For the concertos, Xuefei is joined by one of the most exciting and dynamic string quartets, the Elias Quartet.

The three concertos are his two violin concertos, plus the harpischord concerto in D-minor, which is believed to be based on a lost violin concerto.

The solo pieces are Bach's first Violin Sonata;  Prelude from the Well-Tempered Clavier; and Air on The G String, which Xuefei recorded on a seven-string guitar!

Xuefei used three different instruments for this recording - her Australian Greg Smallman instrument, a spruce top instrument by German luthier Karl-Heinz Roemmich, and a seven string instrument by British luthier, Paul Fischer.

Xuefei is hoping that the arrangements will be welcome additions to the baroque concerto repertoire for her instrument. The three videos here include the promotional video; the first  movement of the A minor violin concerto; a shorter version of the promotional video. Enjoy !

Recorded at a radio station mini-concert in New York during February ! Tango en Skai by Roland Dyens.

Also enjoy Yi Dance by Hurian Wang from the same concert :

Xuefei will be performing in the  UK & USA :

> Parbold, Lancashire - Apr 6

> Sundin Music Hall, Minneapolis, USA - Apr 12 

> Spivey Hall, USA - Apr 14

> Peristyle Theatre, Toledo, USA - Apr19

> Peristyle Theatre, Toledo, USA - Apr 20

> Hagley Hall, West Midlands - Apr 27

Full calendar is on the schedule page.

Click here for a free download of Xuefei's version "Malaguena" from Albeniz's "Espana," as recorded by Xuefei on her Rodrigo CD  

You can also enjoy a new impromptu video of Xuefei performing this piece with flamenco dancer, Raquel de Luna on Xuefei's You Tube channel.

Enjoy !