We look at China's earliest musical instruments, how Chinese instruments fall into eight categories, and the modern ...
Less well-known are the musical instruments made of clay. They have been played in China since the Zhou dynasty (1046BC-256BC). Today, clay is one of the bayin, the eight categories into which ...
Liu, who died of cancer on Dec. 22, was sometimes referred to as China’s “godfather of jazz.” But his taste and talents ...
A harp is the musical instrument that I would associate ... A gong is a traditional Chinese instrument and I am Chinese. If you want a gong to make noise, you have to use something like a hammer ...
"It is a special gift to the Chinese audience," says Matias Tarnopolsky, president and CEO of the Philadelphia Orchestra.
Playing traditional Chinese instruments such as the erhu and the guzheng, the Great Wall Youth Orchestra from Oakland tugged ...
Shimmering in the beam of the stage spotlight, Wu Man stands out from the symphony orchestra, cradling a pear-shaped, four-stringed Chinese lute, ...
The musical instrument giant, based here, announced a downward revision of its operating profit following sluggish sales in China. Yamaha's annual operating profit, expected to increase by ...
They also pledged to promote traditional Chinese musical instruments and melodies to music enthusiasts in Malaysia. Li Beicheng, who plays a liuqin (Chinese mandolin), said music allowed the ...
All these three months, she has been teaching students how to play the traditional Chinese musical instrument. Often referred to as the "Chinese violin", the erhu has a history spanning more than ...