For the teenagers, being musicians at the Confucius Temple has opened a door to connect with tradition. "One of the students ...

We look at China's earliest musical instruments, how Chinese instruments fall into eight categories, and the modern ...

Lithophones comprising stone chimes in a frame were played at the imperial court and in rituals, and feature in Chinese ...

The first flutes excavated in China were made from bone. Today, ones made from bamboo are widely used in Chinese music and ...

"Dedicated to gods, many poems express human emotions, particularly themes of love, longing, separation and the transient ...

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 ...

With the international success of Celestial Symphony, Li has noticed that many of his classmates have expressed their desire ...

We will explore how the instrument is made and learn about its diverse repertoire since the early 20th century. The second talk is on the violin. It examines the transmission of violin culture from ...

This year, a new version of the 2013 epic commissioned by the Beijing Music Festival (BMF) and composed by Zhou will be ...

NEW YORK, Oct. 20 (Xinhua) -- The 7th China Now Music Festival themed "Composing the Future" came to a close Saturday evening in New York City with a concert that fused East-West musical traditions ...