SAN FRANCISCO — When you stroll through San Francisco's Chinatown you will hear a variety of sounds. Not far from this historic neighborhood is a beautiful sound the Chinese have created for ...
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.’ ...
In an interview a few months ago, local Shanghai sax machine Alec Haavik mentioned his desire to include more Chinese elements into his band, Friction Seven, which plays regularly at JZ Club on ...
Entering the main office of the Anderson Center, a historic estate just outside Red Wing, it's not uncommon to hear music, since the property has long served as an artists community. But this month, ...
On the morning of July 26 at the National Indoor Stadium, a thousand performers put on a grand show entitled “The Ode to China and the love from Dunhuang” and play the guzheng at the opening ceremony ...
The first Beijing Guzheng International Music Festival, which will last for six days, will open on July 26. One thousand guzheng performers from around China and countries like Germany, South Korea, ...
Josie Smith enjoyed her first concert - an Instrumental Stories concert at a public library in lieu of storytime before bed. Shirley Wong put on a fantastic performance, captivating audiences with her ...
Peng Jingxuan plays the traditional Chinese instrument guzheng in Paris, France. Photo: Courtesy of Peng Jingxuan Under the Eiffel Tower, beside the Arc de Triomphe, along the bustling streets of ...
University of Windsor student Cheryl Huang says a television broadcast she saw as a child inspired her to take up her unusual hobby: playing the guzheng. The ancient Chinese musical instrument — which ...
The first time Chinese-born composer Mindy Meng Wang visited Australia, she was disappointed. Having been told that Melbourne was the most European of its cities, she had pictured the south of France, ...
Princess Chulabhorn, the youngest daughter of the Thai King and the Queen, plays Chinese musical instrument Guzheng during the fifth "Two Lands One Heart" musical and cultural exchange performance in ...
Wang Yong laughingly describes himself as "a hybrid." He is definitely not, but his music might be. He has been trained in traditional ways, yet he produces his music on a computer. He teaches ...