On 25 January APIC sponsored an evening of music and discussion for a Hop concert with Wu Man, the world’s premier pipa (a Chinese lute) player.  People met at Han Fusion beforehand and discussed the history of the pipa and similarities and differences between Chinese and Japanese music and culture.  After that they were treated to a fine, colorful, and diverse concert of music from the Tang Dynasty to the present, played on the pipa, sheng, suona, hulusi, taiko drums, and shinobue.