"Her erhu narrates universal tales, with its two strings painting scenes beyond words," a UN-based journalist said after experiencing a concert by Chinese erhu virtuoso Ma Xiaohui. Recently, Ma, a ...

Melody of China, an acclaimed San Francisco-based Chinese chamber ensemble, brings the beauty and versatility of traditional ...

All sounds originate from the heart. Erhu (two-stringed fiddle) music can be passionate or euphonious, expressing the player's feelings in the most intuitive way. It can even imitate the human voice.

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 ...

“Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon’s” theme music is typified by the sounds of a melancholy stringed instrument. Without hearing it before, you might think the music was a special type of ...

Zheng Xiaohui plays erhu on the street of Milan, Italy. [Screenshot from CCTV News] Zheng Xiaohui, a Chinese student in Milan, Italy, has performed dozens of erhu performances on the street, spreading ...

Erhu, bowed, two-stringed Chinese vertical fiddle, is the most popular of this class of instruments and is always featured along with other traditional Chinese instruments such as the Pipa in the ...

Talent is a ticket. Some people use it to nail auditions, others to get into a top school. Jia Pengfang used his to see the world, and his particular talent was the erhu. Born in 1958 in China's ...

NEW YORK, Nov. 4 (Xinhua) -- "Her erhu narrates universal tales, with its two strings painting scenes beyond words," a UN-based journalist said after experiencing a concert by Chinese erhu virtuoso Ma ...