Joshua Bell has been an international violin soloist since he performed with the Philadelphia Orchestra and conductor Riccardo Muti at the age of 14. He signed his first recording contract four years ...

Tchaikovsky’s Fourth Symphony is an intensely emotional journey and at times a battle with fate. Considered one of the most beloved symphonies of all time. Butterfly Lovers Concerto is an orchestral ...

“Where words fail, music speaks,” said Danish author Hans Christian Andersen. New Philharmonic, the only professional orchestra based in DuPage County, presents concerts featuring works tied together ...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- The Lunar New Year is a 15-day festival in China and other Asian countries. "There's just a lot of momentum and joy and celebration," says Executive Director Ryan Fleur. To ...

Every year a student composition from 1959 is performed in countless competitions and concerts. But the "Butterfly Lovers" Violin Concerto by He Zhanhao and Chen Gang is not often heard in Australia.

It has been 60 years since China's well-known Butterfly Lovers' Violin Concerto debuted in Shanghai. Now a new musical inspired by the romantic Chinese legend, True Romance: Butterfly Lovers, will be ...

He Zhanhao was a first-year student at the Shanghai Conservatory of Music when was ordered to write a concerto. The then 24-year-old did so with great reluctance, feeling unqualified for the task.

Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. The Long March Symphony by the legendary Chinese composer Ding Shande is one of ...

When working with violin students, Robert Chen often advises them to imagine a character or an image that the music they are playing evokes. “I have always found it helpful, especially when you’re ...

Soloist Chuanyun Li, visiting from China for Orchestra Seattle’s season-opening concert, overcame numerous distractions at Benaroya Hall Tuesday night to deliver a bravura performance. Perhaps it ...