To Xuefei's USA fans - hear Xuefei play at Carnegie  Hall, New York, at 7.30pm on Sunday February 26th 2012. 

Xuefei's new Bach Concertos CD will be available at the concert.  She will be playing repertoire including Bach, Chopin, Albeniz, Rodrigo, Regondi and Brouwer.

Tickets are available online now from the Carnegie Hall. Alternatiively, visit Carnegie Hall box-office at 57th and 7th, or call Carnegie Charge on 212-247-7800.

Full details of Xuefei's USA & Canadian tour schedule in February and March 2012 can be found on the schedule page.  Xuefei will be appearing in Vermont, New York, Calgary, Boston, Toronto, Los Vegas, Fort Worth, & Dallas.

Thursday 5th Jan - Xuefei will appear on the main evening news program on Spanish national TV tonight.  Interview and playing.  Catch the program on RTVE1 at 9pm Spanish time !

Xuefei's latest CD for EMI classics will be on international release from 6th February 2012.

Available now on pre-order via iTunes and Amazon (right).

Read more from the Studio News section here.

Hear Xuefei talk about the CD (below, or click here)

The CD is Xuefei's most innovative yet, and features her own transcriptions of works by J.S.Bach : three concertos with the Elias String Quartet, plus some solo works.  Xuefei hopes the transcriptions will make a significant contribution to the baroque concerto repertoire for guitar

Xuefei - a musical highlight of 2011.  Read the full article here.

Xuefei was photographed by well-known USA photographer, Todd Selby, for a promotion for Hogan shoes.  

See the pictures here.

Xuefei appears on the cover of the current edition of the French classical guitar magazine, "Guitare Classique."  

The magazine also features an in-depth interview with Xuefei.

During December, Xuefei performed a charity concert for the MAE Foundation in Thailand, along with multi-instrumentalist and composer Richard Harvey.  

Read more here.

During starts 2012 with performances in Spain, & UK :

> January 6 : Barcelona, Spain - Barcelona Symphony Orchestra

> January 7 : Barcelona, Spain - Barcelona Symphony Orchestra

> January 8 : Barcelona, Spain - Barcelona Symphony Orchestra

>   January 18 : Wiltshire, UK - solo recital

>   January 21 : Manchester, UK - Halle Orchestra

Full calendar is on the schedule page.

Xuefei's arrangement of Albeniz's "Espana, Seis Hojas de Album Op.165," as recorded on the Rodrigo CD, will be published.  

As a taster of what's to come, click here for a free download of Xuefei's version of the third piece from this suite, "Malaguena."  

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 !

> Recent media coverage includes :

- Radio : "Upbeat" Radio New Zealand 

- Interviews : Breakfast TV in New Zealand , "Newsnight"  BBC 

- CD reviews : Gramophone (Feb) ; Classic FM ; Los Angeles Times ; Independent ; Korea Times ; Limelight

- Concert review : The Scotsman (Edinburgh Festival) ;                                                                                                    Auckland newspaper

Picture : on the red sofa, Breakfast TV, New Zealand

Promotional video for Xuefei's Bach recording, which will be released internationally on 6th February 2012

Enjoy in HD on YouTube