Yang Wei, a China-born musician living in Chicago, will perform ancient Chinese music at the Cleveland Art Museum on Friday, Dec. 9, at 7 p.m. A master of a lutelike string instrument called a pipa, ...

A musician shows off a book of musical scores of Nanyin, a traditional music genre that still uses the gongchepu method. WANG KAIHAO/CHINA DAILY Guido of Arezzo, a music theorist in medieval Italy, ...

"Jump out the box — I always wanted to do [that] as a musician," Wu Man tells NPR's Scott Simon before playing the main riff to Black Sabbath's "Iron Man." "I personally really enjoy [trying] ...

For over a thousand years, Yanguan has witnessed the rise and fall of the Qiantang tides, an awe-inspiring event that has ...

BEIJING, Aug. 19, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Hidden in the dense forests of southeastern China, Wanli district of Nanchang has been deemed a natural oxygen bar due to its high concentration of oxygen and ...

A MUSIC archaeological study of ancient Chinese chime stones dating back to 2400BC to 8AD, conducted by a PhD graduate from the University of Huddersfield, has been deemed a remarkable achievement by ...

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 ...

Originating nearly 2,500 years ago, the guzheng is a traditional Chinese zither, a stringed instrument featuring up to 21 movable strings and bridges. The ancient instrument was the exact piece ...

SHANGHAI — His face caked in dirt and blood, Cao Hongshun bellowed an epic song to the throng of long-haired men assembled before him. He sang of a general who abandoned his troops, a treacherous ...

Wu Man is a master of the Chinese pipa, a lute-like instrument with a 2,000-year history. She stopped by NPR to talk about her fresh twist on... Pipa Virtuoso Wu Man Brings Ancient Chinese Music To ...