Moreover, Sopa and Pipa are just indicators of a much broader problem.

This week Wu Man will play Lou Harrison's Pipa Concerto with the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra.

The so-called Pipa is the largest public road concession ever put up for auction in Brazil.

Tuba fishing, at the Pipa River

Joel Verschoot's bird Armando was sold by auction house Pipa for €1,252,000 after a two-week online bidding war.

Photo: photo by Stephen Kahn supplied The most recent piece on this program of 20th century music was Lou Harrison's 1997 Concerto for Pipa.

Wu Man plays the pipa concerto that Lou Harrison wrote especially for her.

Issa said SOPA and PIPA lacked a fundamental understanding of how Internet technologies work.

Chinese pipa and ruan player and composer performing at next month's Auckland Arts Festival.

Elizabeth Kerr reviews Auckland and Wellington performances by Chinese pipa virtuoso and US-based String Quartet.

I got to witness her play the pipa at such close range, it was just mesmerizing.

And just one year ago on January 18, there was an internet blackout over SOPA and PIPA.

The so-called OPEN Act is viewed much more favorably by the tech community than SOPA and PIPA.

Neighbors get together to buy water from a visiting "pipa" truck each week, she said.

We work with PIPA - which is the international rugby players association in that region - very closely.

Sol3 Mio visited in December, Wu Man played the pipa and Aaron Minsky played classical music for headbangers.