Balancing the morin khuur base between his knees, Las Vegas-based instrumentalist Hong Wang uses his right hand to slide a bow smoothly across the instrument. The fingers on Wang’s left hand glide ...

“There is so much beautiful folk music in China,” says Suli Xue, founder of Pacific Harmony String Quartet, which performs in Benaroya Hall Saturday. “But I don’t play those instruments.” The ...

The Shanghai Chinese Orchestra kicked off its new music season on May 15 with the premiere of its Magnificent China concert. The opening concert at the Shanghai Grand Theater marked the first time ...

The 2024 Beijing Traditional Music Festival taking place from Oct 26 to Sunday in Beijing.[Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn] Breaking regional and academic barriers, the festival invited 225 ...

SHANGHAI — For the past two months, Li Chenxiao has spent an hour every day practicing the zhongruan, a traditional Chinese plucked string instrument, at a speed of over 200 beats per minute. On Aug.

A guqin master provides hands-on instruction to a student on the playing techniques of this ancient Chinese instrument. Photo: VCG Editor's Note: The pursuit of beauty has been a timeless thread ...

With a slight inhale, 81-year-old Zhen Jinling brought the short, ridged horn up to his mouth. He pursed his lips and blew into his suona — the sound part birdcall, part trumpet fanfare. From a bench ...

SHANGHAI — As 2020 went underway, a folk musician named Fang Jinlong suddenly became the biggest star on the Chinese internet. The reason was the 57-year-old’s appearance on video-sharing platform ...

The first flutes excavated in China were made from bone. Today, ones made from bamboo are widely used in Chinese music and opera This is the seventh in a series of articles about classical Chinese ...

Apple today has updated GarageBand for Mac and iOS to “celebrate the rich history of Chinese music.” The update for both platforms includes a variety of new sounds and instruments that cater towards ...

Students perform a collective flute piece during an interlude at Yinshan ethnic primary school in Yuping Dong Autonomous County, southwest China's Guizhou Province, July 4, 2024. (Photo by Hu ...

The 2024 Beijing Traditional Music Festival taking place from Oct 26 to Sunday in Beijing.[Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn] The 2024 Beijing Traditional Music Festival — Chinese Music (National ...