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 !

Watch Xuefei's interview with Classic FM's Lucy Coward.  
Also, listen to this week's Classic FM podcast, with Xuefei talking to Anne-Marie Minhall.

Read Xuefei's interview with Clemency Burton-Hill on the Askonas Holt website.

To Xuefei's USA fans - hear Xuefei play at Carnegie  Hall this month ! 

Time : 7.30pm on Sunday February 26th 2012

Place : Weill Recital Hall, Carnegie Hall, New York. 

Xuefei's 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.

Xuefei's latest Bach CD will also be available at the recital.

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.

Xuefei appeared on the main evening news program on Spanish national TV. The video includes an interview and some clips of her playing 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.

Xuefei started the New Year in Spain with concerto performances with the Barcelona Symphony Orchestra conducted by Edmon Colomer.  Returing to the UK, she gave a solo recital in Wiltshire, and ended the month in Manchester  with a concerto performance in Bridgewater Hall with the Halle Orchestra, conducted by Stephen Bell.  

Read more here.

Xuefei will be on tour in China, USA, Canada & UK :

> February 11 : Forbidden City Concert Hall, Beijing, China - with China Philharmonic Orchestra

> February 14 : Xinghai Concert Hall, Guangzhou, China - with Guangzhou Symphony Orchestra

> February 21 : Middlebury College of Performing Arts, Vermont, USA - solo recital

> February 26 : Carnegie Hall, New York, USA - solo recital

> March 3 : Leacock Theatre, Calgary, Canada - solo recital

> March 4 : Jenkins Theatre, Calgary, Canada - masterclass

> March 8 : Boston, USA - masterclass

> March 9 : First Lutherian Church, Boston, USA - solo recital

> March 10 : Helconian Hall, Toronto, Canada - solo recital

> March 14 : University of Nevada Performing Arts Centre, Las Vegas, USA - solo recital

> March 15 : Modern Art Museum, Fort Worth, USA - solo recital

> March 17 : SMU Catuth Auditorium, Dallas, USA - solo recital

> March 22 : Great Hall, Lancaster University, UK- concerto with Lancaster Sinfionetta

> March 31 : Isle of Skye, Scotland - solo recital

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