The "Butterfly Lover's Concerto" is such an evocative title, it almost doesn't matter what the music is about. A Chinese folk tale was the inspiration for composer Chen Gang, in this concerto for the ...

For those with a taste for exotic instrumental collaborations, the new CD “Across the Sea” (Keala Records) offers an intriguing combination of Chinese erhu player Tsun-Hui Hung, with two Na Hoku ...

This summer, music students Okada Sayuri from Nagoya and Yukiko Hagio from Kyoto met for the first time. They did not meet in their native Japan, but in Shanghai. Both were attending lessons for the ...

"I hope to organize my concert in the near future, so I can help more people learn about Chinese folk music." Zheng Xiaohui, a postgraduate student in Milan, Italy, shared that wish during an ...

Inside a small workshop packed with cupboards and a carpenter’s bench, 76-year-old Tong Man-hak carefully measures pieces of wood and places them precisely before using an electric saw to cut them.

On Nov. 15, I was seated in the Nelson Music Room ,eagerly awaiting people from all walks of life — elders with graying hair ...

This is the sixth in a series of articles about classical Chinese instruments and the traditional Chinese music orchestra, in which we explore how musicians play the eight different types of ...

: Alabama Symphony Orchestra. Symphony 7: Crouching Tiger Concerto. virtuoso exemplifies the change, cultural turmoil and hardships of daily life in his native land during the last half century.

art school's strict teaching of fundamentals brings ancient music to life It is a common thing among Chinese parents these days to sending their children for piano or violin lessons. In Jiangyin city, ...

Zheng Xiaohui plays erhu on the street of Milan, Italy. [Screenshot from CCTV News] Zheng Xiaohui, a Chinese student in Milan, Italy, has performed dozens of erhu performances on the street, spreading ...