Lithophones comprising stone chimes in a frame were played at the imperial court and in rituals, and feature in Chinese ...

Their strings once made of twisted silk, Chinese stringed instruments the zither, or guqin, and erhu have a long history.

We look at China's earliest musical instruments, how Chinese instruments fall into eight categories, and the modern ...

For the teenagers, being musicians at the Confucius Temple has opened a door to connect with tradition. "One of the students ...

"Dedicated to gods, many poems express human emotions, particularly themes of love, longing, separation and the transient ...

This year, a new version of the 2013 epic commissioned by the Beijing Music Festival (BMF) and composed by Zhou will be ...

We also have the sape, a string instrument from Sarawak. The sape has a long neck and wooden body, resembling a guitar.

Captivated by the beautiful melodies of traditional instruments and the vibrant Uygur dance performance, Joshua Isaac Jere ...

Bluegrass' global reach is exemplified by Chinese musician Eric Shi and his band's moving cover of "Amarillo By Morning" by George Strait.

We have a ton of excellent early music in Seattle. Learn how digging into music’s ancient past can expand our understanding ...

We will discuss how the violin influenced Chinese musical development and explore various compositions written over the last century. The last instrument in the series is the guzheng. The talk will ...

It also has a long history in Chinese musical instruments - so much so that the Mandarin term sizhu, which translates as "silk and bamboo", refers to string and wind musical instruments.