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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 ...

No conversation about Chinese traditional music would be complete without the pipa, an ancient guitar-like instrument. One of the best known current practitioners of the pipa is Wu Man. Fred talks ...

Wu Fei and Abigail Washburn, who released a self-titled debut album as a duo on Friday, have lived almost parallel lives. Both women were born in 1977, and both grew up to be accomplished and ...

Li Xinyang enrolled in the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, in Sydney, Australia, in 2012, becoming the first student in the institution's history to major in pipa, the traditional Chinese stringed ...

SHANGHAI — As 2020 went underway, a folk musician named Fang Jinlong suddenly became the biggest star on the Chinese internet. The reason was the 57-year-old’s appearance on video-sharing platform ...

Chinese Folk MusicWe close this hour with music from cellist Yo Yo Ma and his Silk Road Ensemble from the group's visit to NPR. Fred talks with members of the ensemble, and we hear them play "Mido ...

The first flutes excavated in China were made from bone. Today, ones made from bamboo are widely used in Chinese music and opera This is the seventh in a series of articles about classical Chinese ...

Musicians perform at various venues during the Spring of Chinese Music European tour. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn] The 16‑day Spring of Chinese Music European concert tour, one of the largest ...

A member of Nanjing University's traditional instrument orchestra from China plays bamboo flute during a flash mob performance of Chinese folk music at Basilica Cistern in Istanbul, Türkiye, April 22, ...

In a move that has sent ripples through cultural circles, Deutsche Grammophon (DG) China recently announced the signing of China's young guzheng virtuoso Yang Yang (Hu Xuyuan). For the iconic "Yellow ...

Wu Fei and Abigail Washburn, who released a self-titled debut album as a duo on Friday, have lived almost parallel lives. Both women were born in 1977, and both grew up to be accomplished and ...