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 ...

SINGAPORE -- Commonly known as wayang here, Chinese opera has for several decades played a prominent role in the local community. Brought here by Chinese immigrants, it has for nearly a thousand years ...

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 ...

One of the oldest, most identifiable sounds of traditional Chinese music is enjoying a surge in popularity — internationally, and in the D.C. region. “This instrument, in Chinese, they call ‘guzheng.’ ...

Traditional Chinese orchestras, comprised of percussion instruments with a few stringed instruments, are centuries old. In 1879, the first Western-styled orchestra appeared in China, with Chinese ...

Indonesian musician Ngartini Huang blends traditional Chinese guzheng with modern global influences to create joyful, serene ...

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 ...