Dadawa

Dadawa, or Zhu Zheqin, is the kind of artist who expands your sense of what music can be. A Guangzhou-born singer and composer, she treats the voice as raw material, and with Sister Drum in 1995 she became the first Chinese musician to release her music globally. The detail I keep returning to is her role as a UNDP Goodwill Ambassador and her sound lab at a Shanghai university, signs that she sees music as something to connect people, not just perform. I have a real soft spot for artists who step lightly over borders and conventions, and she does exactly that with quiet, deliberate purpose.

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Name (English)

Dadawa

Name (Japanese)

ダダワ

Reading

だだわ

Born

July 15, 1968 (age 58)

Origin

Guangzhou, People's Republic of China

Occupation

singer / composer

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Cancer / Monkey

University

Guangzhou University

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dadawa
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%80%E3%83%80%E3%83%AF
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1063910

Tags

• singer
• composer

Last updated

September 28, 2026

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