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 ...

The sounds of the yangqin, an instrument at the center of Chinese musical ensembles, resonated through Baird Hall on April 18 as multi-instrumentalist Helen Yee shared her expertise and knowledge of ...

A special exhibition on Chinese music, instruments and the technology behind them opened on Thursday at the Museum for Oriental Musical Instruments in Shanghai.

On a summer night in August, 2,000 people filed into a concert hall in Hamburg, Germany, looking forward to a performance by a local jazz musician Joja Wendt. What they didn't expect, was to be blown ...

Music is universal across all civilisations, both ancient and modern, and stands as one of the great joys of life. Another joy is that many of the oldest songs and instruments can be played hundreds, ...

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.

Playing guzheng not only expresses emotions, but can also reveal the player's intrinsic natural beauty. [Gao Jianping / For China Daily] Ancient Chinese zither transmits its delicate sounds beyond ...

NANNING, Aug. 15 (Xinhua) -- A duxianqin musician only needs a single string stretched across an elongated sounding board and a feather-shaped rod to deliver a diverse repertoire, whether pop or ...

Starting with rustic folk music from the Qing Dynasty, the Jade Chinese Music Ensemble took its audience on a journey through time and space at Logan Performance Hall in early May. The Jade Chinese ...