The sounds of the yangqin, an instrument at the center of Chinese musical ensembles, resonated through Baird Hall on April 18 as multi-instrumentalist Helen Yee shared her expertise and knowledge of ...

WALTHAM, Mass. – Experience the timeless beauty of China in a journey down musical “silk roads.” Musicians Jiebing Chen, erhu (2-string vertical violin), and Yangqin Zhao, yangqin (hammered dulcimer), ...

For the first time, the Chinese dulcimer yangqin and the Indian dulcimer santoor were played together with a symphony orchestra at a recent concert in Beijing titled East Meets East. "I hope we can ...

When Liu Yuening picks up the slender, bamboo baton in front of President Pratibha Patil next week here, a unique musical exchange will come full circle. Three centuries ago, as the Ming Dynasty (1368 ...

A Chinese American identity has a particular sound. It's hard for Reylon Yount, 16, to put into words - but he knows it when he hears it, plays it, feels it. A senior at International High School, ...

The first to hold a master degree in Yangqin Performance in China, and the youngest professor in that country, Pingxin Xu has introduced his Chinese dulcimer to hundreds of thousands of amazed ...

Yangqin soloist Derek Koh and the young and talented percussionist Goh Ek Jun explore the history and development of Chinese musical instruments. Visitors can look forward to an interactive workshop ...

Liu Yuening, a professor with the Central Conservatory of Music (CCOM, in Beijing), is director of both the Office of the Music Confucius Institute and the Center for International Chinese Language ...