A concert by Yeung Wai-kit and Sha Jingshan. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn] The National Centre for the Performing Arts in Beijing was filled with the soft sounds of bamboo flutes and the ...

The 16‑day Spring of Chinese Music European concert tour, one of the largest traditional Chinese music tours on the continent ...

Continuing our week of exploring connections between traditional music and classical music, we look at Chinese influences in Western classical music today. From the Shanghai Quartet's recording called ...

To kick-off our Chinese New Year celebration, we hear the traditional Chinese folk song, "Embroidered Purse." Violinist Takako Nishizaki and guitarist Gerald Garcia play the folk song on a 1995 ...

On Tuesday, the day of the Lantern Festival, the China National Traditional Orchestra (CNTO) announced the launch of a ...

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The notion of an orchestra, a large ensemble of musicians directed to play together, is a Western notion, essentially unknown in China until the middle of the past century. Since then, the Chinese ...

Haiqiong Deng performs “The Moon Over the Guan Mountain” & talks with us about music. Haiqiong Deng is an internationally recognized musician who focuses on traditional Chinese music. Her roots are in ...

With a slight inhale, 81-year-old Zhen Jinling brought the short, ridged horn up to his mouth. He pursed his lips and blew into his suona — the sound part birdcall, part trumpet fanfare. From a bench ...

A Chinese musician put a new spin on Irish music by playing some of Ireland's favorite trad songs on traditional Chinese instruments. Jaylin Chu always had an interest in Irish music but found it very ...

Herbert Kuehne, of Monroe Township is a self-described "Bach, Mozart and Beethoven person," but after attending a standing room only performance at the Monroe Township Library of traditional Chinese ...