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Dadawa | |||||||||||
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 Dadawa performing at the 2009 East Asian Games closing ceremony | |||||||||||
| Born | Zhu Zheqin 15 July 1968 (age 47) | ||||||||||
| Occupation | singer | ||||||||||
| Years active | 1992–Present | ||||||||||
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| Origin | China | ||||||||||
| Genres | World Pop music | ||||||||||
| Labels | Sire/WEA Records | ||||||||||
Dadawa is one China’s most important musicians, sound artist and independent producer. She has also served as a UNDP Goodwill Ambassador. Dadawa established SOUND LAB at Shanghai’s Tongji University, Institute of Architecture and Design, where she is an adjunct professor.
Over the past 20 years, with music as her point of departure, Dadawa has embarked on a journey of crossover artistic exploration. She was the first Chinese musician to release her music globally, beginning with “Sister Drum”, distributed by Warner Bros in 1995. An avant garde pioneer of contemporary Chinese music, in recent years her works have entered the fields of sound as well as design, and visual, public, community and performance art.
In recent years, Dadawa has brought together traditional craftsmanship and contemporary design. In 2012 Dadawa founded the brand “KANJIAN”, promoting contemporary design inspired by the wisdom of traditional Chinese crafts. KANJIAN has expanded Dadawa’s landscape into a new field where historical Chinese philosophy, aesthetics and creativity are brought to life in a variety of decorative objects full of modern character.
Dadawa‘s representative music and sound art works
edit- Sister Drum 1995
- Moonrise
- Sense of Hearing 2014
- Fuchun Mountain Soundscape 2016
- Sound Script after Book from the Sky 2018 for Xu Bing UCCA Solo exhibition
- Bell Shelter”for Setouchi Triennial Japan 2019