Cheng, who has a Ph.D. in ethnomusicology, is founder of both the UK Chinese Ensemble and London Youlan Qin Society. She is also a researcher with the Chinese Music Department, University of London, ...

To tai chi master Guo Huaisheng, music floats from a guqin (a plucked seven-string Chinese musical instrument of the zither family) like mist while melodies run from a piano like rainfall. "A great ...

Wu Na started learning guqin at age 9, and now plays contemporary music with the ancient instrument. Photos provided to China Daily Wu Na has been playing the guqin for 23 years, and is passionate ...

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 ...

On the morning of Thursday, about 60 guqin (a plucked seven-stringed instrument created in ancient China) enthusiasts from across the country gathered at the Forbidden City Concert Hall in Beijing, ...

Romania's National Museum of Art will host on June 26 the cultural event 'Conversation and Connection - Music Holds the World Together'. The event dedicated to the International Day for Dialogue among ...

This is the sixth in a series of articles about classical Chinese instruments and the traditional Chinese music orchestra, in which we explore how musicians play the eight different types of ...

Guqin is a Chinese 7-string zither. It has a long history dated back 3000 years. It is a spiritual and meditative instrument and often used to accompany poets. In this concert, guqin master David Wong ...

HONOLULU (AP) - Three centers at the University of Hawaii at Manoa are set to sponsor a concert featuring the Chinese seven-stringed plucked instrument known as the guqin. The event will be ...

The music of one of the worlds oldest instruments is often haunting and meditative, and a perfect place to enjoy it is in the beauty of Haywards Japanese Gardens, where a guqin social event will be ...

In a small town in the US Midwest, 47-year-old military veteran Natalie Hubble loves spending her evenings lost in the mythic ...