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 ...
No conversation about Chinese traditional music would be complete without the pipa, an ancient guitar-like instrument. One of the best known current practitioners of the pipa is Wu Man. Fred talks ...
Formosa Quartet returns to Asia Society Texas for a performance celebrating Taiwanese indigenous music and nanguan, a beloved style of classical Chinese music known for its soft melodicism. Featuring ...
Taiwanese musicians are importing American styles and fusing them with traditional forms. A Moving Sound. YunYa Hsieh stands at the center, Scott Praire sits to the right. Image: Courtesy of the ...
Continuing our week of exploring connections between traditional music and classical music, we look at Chinese influences in Western classical music today. From the Shanghai Quartet's recording called ...
For years, the Golden Melody Awards (GMAs) have spotlighted Taiwanese Indigenous music. At this year’s event, Makav, a member of Taiwan‘s indigenous Bunun tribe, clinched the coveted Best New Artist ...
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 ...
Zhao Zeming, the concert's music director and a young composer, states that the guqin and the Grand Canal mirror two ...
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 ...
Some results have been hidden because they may be inaccessible to you
Show inaccessible results
Feedback