“Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon’s” theme music is typified by the sounds of a melancholy stringed instrument. Without hearing it before, you might think the music was a special type of ...
ATLANTA — There's a place in Atlanta where musicians can learn to play the bamboo flute, the guzheng, and even the erhu. These instruments in the western world are known as the flute, 21-string ...
2007-01-21 04:00:00 PDT Xiqiao , China-- For more than 10 years, Wu Hong Fang's days have been filled with the same gentle sound, the quick chafe of sandpaper on spruce and maple. Working briskly, she ...
Staying true to the belief that music is a bridge between nations, Chinese artistic director Jinwei Zhang is promoting a ...
New Yorkers had another chance to reflect on Chinese folk music on Saturday evening, with a stunning concert in the Lincoln Center. Sponsored by both the Chinese and American music communities in New ...
When China’s No. 1 musician was nine years old, his parents decided that China had too little, musically, to offer him. They packed Ma Si-tson off to the Paris Conservatory. Nine years later he ...
Gu Yue, a well-known company in Wuxi that produces erhu, is home to dozens of middle-aged artisans who painstakingly assemble each erhu by hand. [Photo by Alywin Chew/China Daily] Wuxi's most famous ...