“There is so much beautiful folk music in China,” says Suli Xue, founder of Pacific Harmony String Quartet, which performs in Benaroya Hall Saturday. “But I don’t play those instruments.” The ...

Bordering nations often share a common food or musical heritage that develops as a process of mutual influences. Mongolia, with its rich and distinctive musical traditions, is bordered by Russia in ...

Composer Bright Sheng has won MacArthur and Guggenheim Fellowships. Two decades ago, Chamber Music Northwest was looking for a new chamber opera. David Shifrin, the nonprofit's artistic director and a ...

The melodic tones of the guqin, the guzheng and the pipa will be heard as part of a festival celebrating traditional Chinese music. Cambridge Chinese Music and Culture Festival organiser Shi Yang ...

A guqin master provides hands-on instruction to a student on the playing techniques of this ancient Chinese instrument. Photo: VCG Editor's Note: The pursuit of beauty has been a timeless thread ...

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

ATLANTA — There's a place in Atlanta where musicians can learn to play the bamboo flute, the guzheng, and even the erhu. These instruments in the western world are known as the flute, 21-string ...

Founded in 1942 by Portland’s Chinese immigrants to raise funds for China’s defense in World War II, the Yat Sing Music Club perseveres in preserving Cantonese opera through ongoing rehearsals and ...

What a sparkling moment when Chinese music blend with western music! Young and talented musicians from the Hong Kong String Orchestra are sharing the joy of the Chinese New Year with us! The concert ...

Hong Kong’s annual celebration of national heritage blends traditions with innovation in over 290 performances as attendances ...