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Liu Fang's unique style of interpretation of this ancient classical piece has been highly acclaimed internationally.

This current video clip is an extract of 6 minutes. The complete version is about 11 minutes and can be found in http://www.myspace.com/liufang.

The following text is from the concert program note:

The King Chu doffs his Armour (Chinese classical tradition): This masterpiece of pipa is a musical description of a tragic historical event: the defeat of King Xiang Yu who thought himself invincible. During the war which followed the foundation of the Han Empire (202 BC - 220 AD), Xiang Yu suffered a fatal defeat. The pipa depicts the scene of the battle, noises of the soldiers' flight, and the indescribable feeling of being defeated. The performance of this piece demands a whole range of complex techniques and virtuosity, with speed, precision and restraint.