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 ...

Each week, Daily Bruin A&E will explore the instruments of the World Musical Instrument Collection and their performers that all contribute to the musical landscape of the UCLA Herb Alpert School of ...

Allison Hernandez is modest and soft spoken, but when she picks up the erhu, she slips into another world. With a slight smile on her face and closed eyes, she moves with the music, as she draws her ...

EVERETT— Know what an erhu is? An ancient Chinese musical instrument, it’s a two-stringed bowed fiddle of sorts. Perhaps you’ve seen it played on street corners in big cities with Chinatown ...

Well, you are only about a millennium behind the times. But never fear. Opportunities to hear this ancient Chinese two-stringed instrument known for it’s plaintive humanlike tone are on the upswing. A ...

A concert in Beijing on Aug 21 celebrates the conclusion of the Dunhuang Cup competition for the erhu, a traditional Chinese musical instrument. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn] The weeklong ...

A group of William & Mary students had a unique picnic of sorts at the Confucius Institute on Monday. While enjoying pizza on paper plates and tea in delicate porcelain cups, they were treated to a ...

Correction: The original version of this article incorrectly stated Wan Yeung is a doctoral candidate in musicology. In fact, Yeung is a doctoral student in ethnomusicology. Two bright red Chinese ...

This is the eighth 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 ...

Apple is giving GarageBand a distinctly Chinese twist, marking CEO Tim Cook's visit to China with a fresh batch of local instruments and more. GarageBand 2.1.1 for iOS and GarageBand 10.1.2 for Mac ...

Apple’s interests in China, its second-largest regional market, expand far beyond their recent $1 billion investment in Didi Chuxing. As the company eyes a larger presence in China, they’re also ...