On Nov. 14, renowned violinist Siqing Lü, the first Chinese musician to win the Paganini International Violin Competition, gave his Harvard recital debut in a fully-packed Paine Hall. The program, ...

But there is also a more romantic story behind the choice of instrument, as the violin is what brought his father and mother together. "When my father was teaching himself the violin during his ...

Xiqiao, China — FOR more than 10 years, Wu Hong Fang’s days have been filled with the same gentle sound, the quick chafe of sandpaper on spruce and maple. Working briskly, methodically, her hands a ...

2007-01-21 04:00:00 PDT Xiqiao , China-- For more than 10 years, Wu Hong Fang's days have been filled with the same gentle sound, the quick chafe of sandpaper on spruce and maple. Working briskly, she ...

The Chinese Association of Southampton puts on music lessons every weekend where children can learn to play traditional Chinese instruments. BBC Southampton's Abbie Collins sat in on one of the ...

ATLANTA — There's a place in Atlanta where musicians can learn to play the bamboo flute, the guzheng, and even the erhu. These instruments in the western world are known as the flute, 21-string ...

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 ...

This year's NCPA May Festival will see some of the world's most talented violinists take to the stage. As he slowly lifts two valuable violins from their cases, a 1734 violin made by Giuseppe Guarneri ...

He has experimented with the idea of playing violin alongside Chinese traditional instruments, including Erhu, Pipa and Guzheng, and discovered that these instruments bring out a not so obvious side ...