Heart of the Dragon Ensemble

Wu Mengmeng is a talented award-winning guzheng virtuoso. Born in Huaxi village, Jiangsu, southeast China, she learnt the guzheng from the age of six and her talent was noticed during her first stage performance at the age of ten. She has since been selected to give performances worldwide in many countries including Hong Kong, Macao, Singapore and America.

In 2002, she entered the Affiliated High School of the China Conservatory of Music, where she studied the guzheng for 6 years with distinguished experts Professor Ji Wei. In 2008, she trained for another 4 years at the Central Conservatory of Music, China under the tutelage of Ji Wei and renowned guzheng Master Professor Li Meng, where she graduated with a BMus in guzheng performance. In the University, Miss WU participated in premieres of Guzheng quartet “One Thousand Kilometers Way to Go”, written by Professor LI Meng and Guzheng trio “Spirit of Zheng”, written by Malaysian composer ZHAO Junyi. Moreover, she was frequently invited to perform for Music Channel of CCTV. She won the Gold Prize for Guzheng Solo in the 4th ZhongSin International Music Competition in 2010 and a Gold Award for guzheng solo in the 1st Huain Cup International Chinese Music Competition in 2012.

Since coming to London 2014, Mengmeng has performed at a wide range of venues including SOAS, University of London, Blackheath Hall with the Trinity Laban Orchestra, the Manchester International Festival (2015) with Damon Albarn, the Lake District Summer Music International Festival. 2017 Mengmeng invited to perform in Birmingham Flatpack Film Festival, Paris Journéesd’ Informatique Musicale and House of Lords of the Parliament etc.