{{More footnotes needed|date=January 2011}} {{infobox person | name = Dadawa | image = EAG2009 closing21.JPG | alt = | caption = Dadawa performing at the 2009 East Asian Games closing ceremony | birth_name = Zhu Zheqin | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1968|07|15|df=y}} | birth_place = Guangzhou, Guangdong | occupation = singer | years_active = 1992–Present | module = {{Infobox Chinese|child=yes | p = zhu1 zhe2 qin2 | j = zyu1 zit3 kam4 }} | module2 = {{infobox musical artist | embed = yes | origin = China | genre = World<br>Pop music | label = Sire/WEA Records }} }}
'''Dadawa''' a.k.a. '''Zhu Zheqin''' (朱哲琴) (born 15 July 1968) is a Chinese musician, sound artist and independent producer. She has also served as a UNDP Goodwill Ambassador.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cn.undp.org/content/china/en/home/presscenter/pressreleases/2010/07/2010-_show-the-world-goodwill-action--dadawa-chinese-ethnic-hand.html|title=2010 "Show the World" Goodwill Action: Dadawa Chinese Ethnic Handicraft Collection Tour Kicks Off in Beijing|website=Cn.undp.org|accessdate=23 January 2020}}{{Dead link|date=October 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> 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 is noted for her crossover artistic exploration. She was the first Chinese musician to release her music globally, beginning with “Sister Drum”, distributed by Warner Music in 1995. As an avant-garde pioneer of contemporary Chinese music, her works have entered the fields of sound as well as design and visual, public, community, and performance art. In recent years, Dadawa has sought to bring together traditional craftsmanship and contemporary design. KANJIAN, a brand she established in 2012, combines contemporary design with traditional Chinese artisanal craftsmanship. KANJIAN creations are distinguished by their references to Chinese history, philosophy and aesthetics.<ref>[https://sothebys.gcs-web.com/static-files/c28df2ed-821a-44aa-ab17-571a75192f8f] {{dead link|date=January 2020}}</ref>
== Dadawa's representative music and sound art works == * ''Yellow Children'' (1992) * ''Sister Drum'' 1995 * ''Voices from the sky'' 1997 * ''Seven Days'' 2006 * ''Moonrise'' 2010 * ''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
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== Sources == *[https://setouchi-artfest.jp/en/artworks-artists/artists/290.html Setouchi Triennial 2019] *[https://asiasociety.org/hong-kong/events/moonrise-%E2%80%93-dadawa-and-ethnic-music-masters Moonrise – Dadawa and Ethnic Music Masters] *[https://books.google.com/books?id=Dw0EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PT53 'Chinese World Music' Act Dadawa Drums Up Acclaim]
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Dadawa}} Category:Living people Category:Chinese women singers Category:Sire Records artists Category:Chinese pop singers Category:Musicians from Guangzhou Category:Singers from Guangdong Category:1968 births