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 ...

The erhu to Chinese is like the violin to Westerners—one only needs to hear the sound to experience the beauty, sadness, pain, and happiness it can evoke. Listening to erhu melodies, the Chinese can ...

The Smithsonian Folklife Festival is an experience of the senses, an invitation to see, taste, and smell. But for me, more than anything else, the Festival is an auditory experience, with its ...

A small woman with a tiny bowed instrument enthralls an entire audience, holding thousands breathless as they listen with undivided attention—this would be the work of DPA erhu soloist Ms. Qi Xiaochun ...

In the Oscar-nominated film “Up in the Air," audiences watch the familiar routines of contemporary airline travel while hearing the unfamiliar sounds of an ancient Asian instrument, thanks to erhu ...

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 ...

Every Wednesday morning, vote for the piece you want to hear at noon. Part of China in New York. WQXR's China in New York festival explores how Chinese artists are influencing the world of classical ...

“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 ...

What do you do with a hyperactive 7-year-old boy? Signing him up for lessons on an ancient Chinese musical instrument probably isn't the first thing to come to mind. Benjamin Lee, 16, of Byron, will ...

The largest erhu ensemble consists of 2,024 participants, and was achieved by Raoyang Gold Suona Musical Instrument Manufacturing Co., Ltd. (China) in Raoyang, Hebei, China, on 19 October 2019. The ...