Wu Wei (1970, Southeast-China Province of Jiangsu, PRC) is a Berlin-Based Chinese sheng player.
Wu Wei studied the sheng (a mouth-organ from China) at Shanghai music conservatory and has been a soloist at Shanghai Symphony Orchestra since his departure for Berlin in 1995.
ALBUMS
Wu Wei And Klaas Hekman
Oostum Wind
2021, CD, Album, Strotbrock
Wu Man & Wu Wei
Distant Mountains
2020, CD, Album, Dig, Dreyer Gaido
Enjott Schneider, Juliana Koch, Wu Wei, Jena Philharmonic Orchestra*, Simon Gaudenz
Mozart & Beethoven Meeting Yin & Yang
2019, CD, Album, WERGO
Wu Wei, Holland Baroque*
Silk Baroque
2019, 
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, Baroque/Chinese Classical
Simeon Pironkoff, Krassimir Sterev, Wu Wei, Musica Nova Sofia Ensemble, Dragomir Yossifov, Trio AMOS
Skin Double - Works With Accordion & Quarter-Tone Accordion
2017, CD, Album, Gega New
Stefan Schultze - Large Ensemble* feat. Wu Wei
Erratic Wish Machine
2015, CD, Album + 7xFile, MP3, Album, WhyPlayJazz, 
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, Contemporary Jazz/Big Band
Lautten Compagney, Eva Mattes, Wu Wei, Wolfgang Katschner
Die Reisen des Marco Polo
2015, CD, Album, Deutsche Harmonia Mundi, Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg
John Cage - Stefan Hussong, Wu Wei
Two3
2015, 2xCD, WERGO, 
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, Contemporary
Claude Clément, Amélie Callot, Wu Wei
Le Sheng Amoureux
2015, CD, Album, Dig, Little Village
Wu Wei – Wang Li
Overtones (Les Saisons Harmoniques)
2015
Unsuk Chin / Sunwook Kim, Alban Gerhardt, Wu Wei, Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra, Myung-Whun Chung
3 Concertos: Piano Concerto, Cello Concerto, Šu for Sheng and Orchestra
2014, CD, Album, Deutsche Grammophon, 
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, Contemporary
Sigune Von Osten, Wu Wei
CageAnimations
2005, CD, Album, artist.cd, ,
, Contemporary
Wu Wei, Uli Moritz
Magic Mask
2005, CD, Wu Wei & Moritz, ,
, Experimental
Wu Wei
Sheng - Organ For The Mouth - Traditional Chinese Music
1998, CD, Album, Melisma (2)
Urna Chahar-Tugchi, Robert Zollitsch, Wu Wei, Cao Xiaohong, Dino Dornis, Wang Wei
Crossing
1997, CD, Album, KlangRäume
Weng Zhenfa, Fu Renchang
Stream Flowing: Traditional Music From China
2006, CD, Album, Celestial Harmonies, ,
, Chinese Classical
sZENic patterns
Konzert Für Lichtbilder (Live)
2001, CDr, Promo, Not On Label
APPEARANCES +
The Tiger Lillies
The Worst Of The Tiger Lillies
2023, 
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, Avantgarde/Cabaret
Cymin Samawatie, Ketan Bhatti, Trickster Orchestra
Cymin Samawatie - Ketan Bhatti - Trickster Orchestra
2021, CD, Album, ECM Records, ECM Records,
Joël Bons - Jean-Guihen Queyras cello, Atlas Ensemble / Ed Spanjaard
Nomaden
2019, SACD, Hybrid, Multichannel, Album, BIS, ,
, Contemporary
Stefan Schultze Large Ensemble
Ted The Bellhop
2017, CD, Album, WhyPlayJazz, ,
, Big Band
Elision Ensemble, Liza Lim, Aaron Cassidy
The Wreck Of Former Boundaries: Elision Ensemble At 30
2017, CD, Huddersfield Contemporary Records, ,
, Contemporary
Shuya Xu
Chamber Music
2017, CD, Album, Telos Music, Telos Music, ,
, Contemporary
Yang Xiaozhong / Ensemble Nomad
Chamber Works
2015, CD, Album, ALM Records
Bernhard Gál
Zwischenbrücken. Sound Installations and Intermedia Art, 2005-2015
2015, DVD-V, Gromoga Records, edition sp ce, Vienna, 
,
, Contemporary/Experimental/Field Recording/Sound Art
The Noo Ones
Nieuwe Haring
2014, CD, Album, Strotbrock, ,
, Folk/Free Jazz
Guus Janssen
Violin Concerto / Ballroom Rithmix / Four Songs / Vrije Tijd / De Buitenbocht
2014, CD, Album + DVD-V, Attacca
Enjott Schneider
China Meets Europe
2014, CD, WERGO, ,
, Contemporary
Various
Magic Kamancheh: Die Streichlauten 1: Asien
2014, 4xCD, Comp + DVD, Comp, NoEthno,
Urna*
Portrait: The Magical Voice From Mongolia
2012, CD, Album, Comp, Network Medien GmbH, ,
, Folk
Debussy* & Ravel*, Myung-Whun Chung, Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra
La Mer & Ma Mère L'Oye - La Valse
2011, CD, Deutsche Grammophon,
Various
Young China – Neue Musik Aus Dem Reich Der Mitte (New Music From The Ancient Empire)
2009, 2xCD, hr-musik.de, ,
, Contemporary
Klaus Hinrich Stahmer
Silence Is the Only Music
2009, CD, Album, artist.cd
Various
Sound Chronicle Of The Warsaw Autumn 2009
2009, 10xCD, Comp, Promo, Polmic, Polmic, Polmic, Polmic, Polmic, Polmic, Polmic, Polmic, Polmic, Polmic, 
,
, Contemporary/Post-Modern/Opera/Musique Concrète/Experimental/Free Improvisation
Christian Utz
Transformed: Music For Asian And Western Instruments 2001-2006
2008, CD, Album, Spektral, ,
, Contemporary
Various
Far East - Far West: Klangwelten Festival 2007
2007, CD, Comp, Klangwelten Records
Various
KlangWelten Live In Concert CD 4-6
2006, 3xCD, Comp, Klangwelten Records,
Vinicio Capossela
Ovunque Proteggi
2006, 
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, Alternative Rock
Rüdiger Oppermann
Same Sun Same Moon Same Water (Rigolo Tanzendes Theater)
2004, CD, Not On Label, 
Various
Total Music Meeting 2002 - Audiology II » 11 Groups Live In Berlin
2003, CD, a/l/l, ,
, Free Jazz/Free Improvisation
Various
Klangwelten World Music Festival 2003
2003, CD, Comp, Klangwelten Records
Daniel Ott
Klangkörperklang
2002, CD, Album, Musikszene Schweiz
Various
TFF Rudolstadt 2002
2002, CD, Comp, Heideck, ,
, Folk/African/Nordic/Bluegrass
Various
Preisträger Von Musica Vitale
2001, CD, Oriente Musik
Various
Tanz & Folkfest Rudolstadt '99
1999, CD, Comp, Heideck, ,
, Folk/African/Nordic/Romani
Urna Chahar-Tugchi
Hödööd
1999, ,
, Folk
The Tiger Lillies
Bad Blood + Blasphemy
1999, ,
, Folk Rock/Avantgarde
Czech
World Mad
1999, ,
, Trip Hop
Various
The Sounds Of Siemens (Soundscape Of The 150th Anniversay)
CD, Siemens
Various
Morgenland Festival Osnabrück - Live Recordings
2024, CD, Album, Morgenland Festival, Osnabrück
Various
An Anthology Of Chinese Experimental Music 1992-2008
2009, 4xCD, Comp, Sub Rosa, 
,
, Noise/Experimental/Ambient
Various
Klangwelten Weltmusikfestival 2008
2008, CD, Klangwelten Records
Various
Tanz & Folk Fest TFF Rudolstadt '99
1999, 2xCD, Comp, Promo, Not On Label, ,
, Música Criolla/Raï/Celtic/African/Griot/Klezmer/Nordic
Various
Musiques Du Monde 2013 2014
CD, Album, Théâtre De La Ville, France Musique,
Urna Chahar-Tugchi
Hödööd