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 concert in Beijing on Aug 21 celebrates the conclusion of the Dunhuang Cup competition for the erhu, a traditional Chinese musical instrument. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn] The weeklong ...
Born and raised in Shanghai, Jiang began learning the instrument with her uncle Tang Chungui, an erhu teacher, when she was ...
Sajjad Ali, a student from Islamabad, Pakistan, studying at Renmin University of China, stood captivated at the Meicun Erhu Industrial Park in Wuxi, Jiangsu province, as melodies from the traditional ...
Melody of China, an acclaimed San Francisco-based Chinese chamber ensemble, brings the beauty and versatility of traditional ...
An unusual blending of Hawaiian slack key guitar and steel guitar with the Chinese erhu led the “Across the Sea” trio of Jeff Peterson, Greg Sardinha and Tsun-Hui Hung to a 2018 Hoku Award for ...
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With its rich musical heritage and modern creative ambitions, Wuxi, a picturesque city in China’s Jiangsu Province, is making strides to secure its place on the global stage as a UNESCO City of Music.
CHICAGO — The pandemic made a trip to China to cover the Olympic host country difficult. So we pivoted and found the Spirit of China stories right here at home in the United States. We traveled to ...