Barbora Xu

Reittiohjeet Verkkosivusto

Barbora Xu Barbora Xu is a singer and composer playing zithers: Chinese guzheng and Finnish kantele. For example a Finnish traditional lullaby for a Chinese zither.

She focuses on reviving ancient music and making contemporary compositions of traditional poems. Barbora is a musician focusing on Asian and European music, playing mainly Chinese zithers and kantele. Her music is based on improvising and mixing traditional tunes and poems with modern influences. She also arranges traditional songs from one culture for a traditional instrument of another. Barbora does research on East Asian cultures with focus on China and the Taiwanese aboriginal tribal music development. She is a Czech, lives in Finland, making music for the poems found in Kanteletar. Apart from folk music, she is writing her own pieces for piano, various other instruments and vocal harmonies. Barbora’s music has international nature as she been travelling a lot, performing in most European countries as well as in East Asia. In the present, she is one of the few in Finland who have knowledge of Chinese culture and language and except for her musical career, she offers commented musical performances on traditional Chinese and Finnish instruments or Chinese tea ceremonies with musical meditation. www.youtube.com/watch?v=RCj_h6FF818

Other musical recordings and information on current projects is available on
www.barboraxu.com. Barbora on muusikko, joka keskittyy aasialaiseen ja eurooppalaiseen musiikkiin. Hän soittaa pääasiassa kiinalaisia näppäilysoittimia, jotka ovat sukua kanteleelle. Barbora yhdistelee musiikissaan kansanlauluja ja -runoutta improvisatorisesti sekä modernein vaikuttein. Hän myös sovittaa yhden maan kansanlauluja eri kulttuurin soittimille, esimerkiksi vanhoja suomalaisia kehtolauluja kiinalaiselle kanteleelle. Barbora tekee tutkimusta Itä-Aasian kulttuureista keskittyen Kiinaan ja erään taiwanilaisen alkuperäisheimon musiikin kehitykseen. Hän asuu Suomessa ja tekee musiikkia Kantelettaren teksteihin. Kansanmusiikin lisäksi Barbora kirjoittaa omaa musiikkia pianolle ja monille muille soittimille ja lauluäänelle. Hänen musiikissa on kansainvälinen luonne, sillä hän on matkustanut paljon ja esiintynyt useimmissa Euroopan valtioissa sekä Itä-Aasiassa. Tällä hetkellä Barboralla on paljon asiakkaita. Hän on Suomessa yksi ainoista Kiinan kulttuurin ja kielen osaajista, ja hän käyttää ainutlaatuista taitokokoelmaansa tarjotakseen rentoja kulttuurintuntemuskursseja, musiikkiesityksiä kiinalaisilla ja suomalaisilla perinnesoittimilla, kiinalaisia teeseremonioita (joihin kuuluu myös meditaatiota) sekä Kiinan kielen kursseja sekä paljon muuta.


Äänityksiä ja lisää tietoa tämän hetkisistä projekteista löytyy osoitteesta www.barboraxu.com

27/09/2026

Old Forest Echoes / Ikimetsän kaiku
Immersive nature concert Aboagora

Here is a clip from the opening evening of the Aboagora 2026, Sibelius Museum Turku 🌿

What a lovely evening for me meeting all of you in such an iconic space - thanks ❤️

More about Aboagora:
www.aboagora.fi

Soundscapes and tech:
Mikko Haapoja

More tech thanks:
Kimi Kärki &

Thanks:
Sampsa Kujala

🌿 With support of Kone Foundation
🌿 In partnership of Luontoliitto

The next big event coming:

Old Forest Echoes / Ikimetsän kaiku
Immersive nature concert & music workshops in Caisa Helsinki 31.10-1.11. 🌿

Surround sound installation - Mikko Haapoja
Video projections - Ville Tanttu
Forest installation - Tommi Laine
Forest expert - Milla Aalto
Producer - Sampsa Kujala
Music & direction - Barbora Xu

Needless to say - Looking forwards☀️
Tervetuloa!

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Photo credit Pekko Vanstantola (Aboagora 2026)

Old forest echoes - Immersive nature concert in Caisa Helsinki 31.10-1.11. 🌿Surround sound installation - Mikko HaapojaV...
26/09/2026

Old forest echoes - Immersive nature concert in Caisa Helsinki 31.10-1.11. 🌿

Surround sound installation - Mikko Haapoja
Video projections - Ville Tanttu
Forest installation - Tommi Laine
Forest expert - Milla Aalto
Music & direction - Barbora Xu

With support of Kone Foundation
In partnership of Luontoliitto

Needless to say - Looking forwards☀️

Concert invitation Turku  23.9. 18.00 Sibelius Museo 🎶Nine years ago I performed in Sibelius Museum in Turku and made th...
22/09/2026

Concert invitation Turku 23.9. 18.00 Sibelius Museo 🎶
Nine years ago I performed in Sibelius Museum in Turku and made this video ☺️
Not so much have changed and still... feels like ages 🌿
Im coming back to play there tomorrow as a part of the Aboagora event, welcome you all to celebrate together and enjoy the reunion as well as find out more about the Aboagora as there is lots to find out🌿

More about Aboagora Aboagora - Between Arts and Sciences
More about my current project Old Forest Echoes

Www.oldforestechoes.com

This video was made thanks to Joachim Hesthammer, how cool it is still having a positive effect after such a long time ❤️

This song was composed for the poem ’Olin Ennen Otramaana’ featured...

15/09/2026

Application for the next Old Forest Echoes project is out 🌿💪
Let's hope for the best!❤️

30/08/2026

This is a small taste of the landart Wiebke Pandikow has made for the concert stage in Stansvik ❤️ I havent seen it all yet myself, but arriving soon!

28/08/2026

Tervetuloa konsertiin🌿
Sunday 30.8. is a special day - we will share music composed in old growth forests during last 3 years together with the amazing Tapani Rinne & Aleksi Myllykoski (from Rinne Radio) and do that in the midst of landart installation in an actual old forest - Helsinki, Stansvik 🌿 looking forwards a ton ❤️

link in Bio or www.oldforestechoes.com🔥

28/08/2026

I do not sleep in the boat btw 😂😂🫢
Just walking by.

27/08/2026

Stansvik forest concert is coming 30.8., this Sunday 15.00 (location stays secret until the concert day - come to Stansvik kartano parking 14.45 and you will find us there❤️)

Come if you want to join,
Link in Bio :)

19/08/2026

I have been going to Musiikitalo 7th floor for 7 years and always reading about all the interesting things my fellow folk and global musicians do, wishing one day I will also put up a poster. Today is the day and the posters are up🔥🔥🔥

Here it comes! My fellow friends and colleagues, come to Stansvik forest 30.8. if you wish and we have some fun together ❤️

30.8. Concert 15.00 (come to Stansvik karteno parking and you see the signs towards the concert place)

Also:
Longer hike 13.00
Shorter hike 13.30

Landart by around the concert stage!

Osoite

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