The award-winning PipaRimba Duo always succeed to give a pleasant surprise to the audience with their adrenalised concert performances and original arrangements as it is for its extraordinary instruments.
PipaRimba is an innovative and masterful pipa & marimba duo formed by two Hong Kong – Belgium based artists – Charmaine Wong (pipa) & Fiona Foo (marimba). Through the combination of different elements and genres, this dynamic duo want to make sure that classical music remains a relevant and powerful force in the world.
The members of PipaRimba are both are prolific musician and have won various music awards in e.g. Italy, Switzerland, Belgium and Hong Kong etc. They were invited to perform in many international art/ music festivals all over the world such as Aberdeen International Youth Festival (Scotland, UK), Universal Marimba Festival (Belgium), Filadelfia Festival (Italy), Zeltsman Marimba Festival (USA), Kagoshima Asian Youth Arts Festival (Japan), Festival Chapel for Europe (Belgium), Festival Les “Nuits” (France), Festival Catharina (Belgium), International Katarzyna Mycka Marimba Festival (Poland), Global Music Festival (Greece), Festival Elzenveldkapel (Belgium), Taoyuan Traditional Music Festival (Taiwan), International Hong Kong Percussion Festival (Hong Kong). They performed extensively across the continents including Austria, Belgium, China, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Korea, Luxembourg, Macao, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Taiwan, the Philippines, Turkey, United Kingdom and United States.