Traditional Chinese music is very different from western music. It's usually played on different instruments, in a different scale. But the Shanghai Quartet has melded the two traditions in their 2002 ...

Performing Asia presents traditional and newly-composed music from China and Taiwan by composers Shih-Hui Chen, Chen Yi, Hwang-Long Pan, and Xu Shuya. This lively and moving cross-cultural ...

Confident in his cultural roots, the young Chinese musician has also inspired many young fans in China to rediscover the beauty of traditional Chinese music. Marsix told the Global Times that most of ...

With a slight inhale, 81-year-old Zhen Jinling brought the short, ridged horn up to his mouth. He pursed his lips and blew into his suona — the sound part birdcall, part trumpet fanfare. From a bench ...

Herbert Kuehne, of Monroe Township is a self-described "Bach, Mozart and Beethoven person," but after attending a standing room only performance at the Monroe Township Library of traditional Chinese ...

Amid the crowd of mostly Asian faces, one figure stood out: a white man smiling, clapping along, and eventually stepping onto ...

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Five praise music songwriters on how they handle criticism, work together, and seek to reach Gen Z through their work. Jiang Shaolong, Cui Yu, Jane Hao, Chen Ming, and Luan Xin all grew up in China ...

OzAsia 2025 once again affirmed its status as Australia’s leading multi-arts celebration of unique creativity. Despite South ...