Donna Weng Friedman is Chinese-American and an award-wining pianist, composer and music producer, based out of Manhattan. She has hosted a video mini-series on WQXR on women composers.
Her recent EP is called Heritage and Harmony: Silver Linings, and features music by several Asian-American composers.
John Schaefer is the host of WNYC’s New Sounds and an expert on everything music and New York. They both spoke with WNYC's Morning Edition host Michael Hill.
Song list:
Donna Weng Friedman plays Beata Moon's "Prelude"
Donna Weng Friedman plays Chinary Ung's "Space between the Fish & the Moon"
Tan Dun: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon