Born and raised in Shanghai, Jiang began learning the instrument with her uncle Tang Chungui, an erhu teacher, when she was ...

BEIJING, CN / ACCESS Newswire / November 4, 2025 / With its recent inclusion in the UNESCO Creative Cities Network as China's first "World City of Music," Wuxi is stepping confidently into a new ...

Wuxi is now part of a prestigious roster of 76 music cities worldwide thanks to its inclusion in the UNESCO Creative Cities ...

A showcase and demonstration of what is claimed to be the world’s first fretted, electric Chinese erhu, blending traditional design with modern innovations for expanded musical possibilities. DOJ: ...

EVERETT— Know what an erhu is? An ancient Chinese musical instrument, it’s a two-stringed bowed fiddle of sorts. Perhaps you’ve seen it played on street corners in big cities with Chinatown ...

In the Oscar-nominated film “Up in the Air," audiences watch the familiar routines of contemporary airline travel while hearing the unfamiliar sounds of an ancient Asian instrument, thanks to erhu ...

Well, you are only about a millennium behind the times. But never fear. Opportunities to hear this ancient Chinese two-stringed instrument known for it’s plaintive humanlike tone are on the upswing. A ...

“Music produces a kind of pleasure which human nature cannot do without.” - Confucius It is said that Confucius was a talented and serious musician, and that may account in part for his appreciation ...

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 ...

A recent Friday, 11:34 a.m.: A rash of school kids eating fortune cookies plows through a tiny corner of Chinatown known as Ross Alley. As if he knew they were coming, a 78-year-old man magically ...