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 ...

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 ...

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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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Acclaimed zhongruan (a lute-like traditional Chinese instrument) player and conductor Wu Qiang made her debut collaboration ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

All throughout May, WTOP is celebrating Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month with stories about the people and places shaping the D.C. region. This video is no longer available. One of ...

On Tuesday, the day of the Lantern Festival, the China National Traditional Orchestra (CNTO) announced the launch of a landmark initiative: Its first-ever formal concert season This move fills a ...