Originating nearly 2,500 years ago, the guzheng is a traditional Chinese zither, a stringed instrument featuring up to 21 movable strings and bridges. The ancient instrument was the exact piece ...

Plucked, like the Chinese zither, or bowed, like the erhu, stringed instruments have been played for hundreds of years in China This is the sixth in a series of articles about classical Chinese ...

All throughout May, WTOP is celebrating Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month with stories about the people and places shaping the D.C. region. One of the oldest, most identifiable sounds ...

In honor of Chinese New Year, the Pacific Union College department of music presents Yunping Shi on the zheng, a traditional Chinese string instrument, accompanied by local tai chi performers. Shi ...

Bordering nations often share a common food or musical heritage that develops as a process of mutual influences. Mongolia, with its rich and distinctive musical traditions, is bordered by Russia in ...

The woman now considered the world’s greatest pipa player spent years asking herself, “What am I going to do?” Wu Man, now 54 years old, was the first person to get a master’s degree in her instrument ...

You're hearing Min Xiao-Fen, one of the world's greatest virtuosos, playing the pipa. It's a pear-shaped, guitar-like instrument from China with a history that goes back thousands of years. Min's ...