When French ­President ­Emmanuel ­Macron visited ­China in early April, he ­enjoyed a music ­performance during his trip to Guangzhou, capital of South China's Guangdong Province. The artist played ...

To tai chi master Guo Huaisheng, music floats from a guqin (a plucked seven-string Chinese musical instrument of the zither family) like mist while melodies run from a piano like rainfall. "A great ...

Cheng, who has a Ph.D. in ethnomusicology, is founder of both the UK Chinese Ensemble and London Youlan Qin Society. She is also a researcher with the Chinese Music Department, University of London, ...

On the morning of Thursday, about 60 guqin (a plucked seven-stringed instrument created in ancient China) enthusiasts from across the country gathered at the Forbidden City Concert Hall in Beijing, ...

The history of the guqin dates back as far as 3,000 years ago. However, more young people are now bringing this ancient musical instrument back to the fore. Jacob Charles is a Mexican-American ...

Xiong Shangde (left), a representative inheritor of the skill of Tianshui guqin making, creates an instrument with his apprentice, Zhang Tao, at his workshop in Tianshui, Gansu province. [Photo ...

UK Chinese Ensemble members pose in front of London’s Tower Bridge after a performance in 2022 (PROVIDED TO CHINA DAILY ) During the afternoon of the second Saturday of every second month, musician ...

“Wild Geese Descending Onto the Sand” is one of the most famous pieces of music ever composed for the guqin, a traditional Chinese stringed instrument. Meant to evoke the sound of geese flying by the ...

HONOLULU (AP) - Three centers at the University of Hawaii at Manoa are set to sponsor a concert featuring the Chinese seven-stringed plucked instrument known as the guqin. The event will be ...

This is the ninth in a series of articles about classical Chinese instruments and the traditional Chinese music orchestra, in which we explore how musicians play the eight different types of ...