Eric Lee blends fresh elements into erhu. Provided to China Daily Stereotypically the erhu, a traditional two-stringed bowed Chinese instrument, is known for its plaintive melodies. For Hong Kong's ...

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 ...

The first time she played for him, Japanese maestro Seiji Ozawa wept and the career of world-famous erhu player Jiang Jianhua was launched. Michelle Qiao talks with her about her love for the ancient ...

The modern erhu developed from a musical instrument called xiqin, which was played by many ethnic minorities during the Tang Dynasty (618-907). During the Song Dynasty (960-1279), musicians began to ...

Even for an experienced and veteran actor like Wang Yuqing, his new drama series posed quite a few difficulties. For one, it wasn't easy for the four main leads to match their comedic timing, the ...

The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. Nicole Gu Li (left) ...

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 ...

Inside a small workshop packed with cupboards and a carpenter’s bench, 76-year-old Tong Man-hak carefully measures pieces of wood and places them precisely before using an electric saw to cut them.

Here’s an utterly virtuosic version of Rimsky-Korsakov’s Flight of the Bumblebee, on an instrument you’ve almost certainly never heard play it. The Erhu, sometimes known as the Chinese violin, only ...