“Music produces a kind of pleasure which human nature cannot do without.” - Confucius It is said that Confucius was a talented and serious musician, and that may account in part for his appreciation ...

Oct. 22 (UPI) --A Chinese county achieved a Guinness World Record when it assembled 2,024 erhu players into a single ensemble. Raoyang County, in Hebei Province, gathered 2,024 people to play the ...

The Chinese erhu has just two strings. Its neck is thin and long, its sound-box base is small, the resonator is made of snakeskin and the bow of horsehair. The erhu, which first appeared as a musical ...

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 ...

The day's China news in pictures: Pilgrims pay homage to a goddess at a temple in Tibet, people commemorate the anniversary of the death of former North Korean leader Kim Jong Il near the China-North ...

: Alabama Symphony Orchestra. Symphony 7: Crouching Tiger Concerto. virtuoso exemplifies the change, cultural turmoil and hardships of daily life in his native land during the last half century.

The "Butterfly Lover's Concerto" is such an evocative title, it almost doesn't matter what the music is about. A Chinese folk tale was the inspiration for composer Chen Gang, in this concerto for the ...

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 ...

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 ...