The Smithsonian Folklife Festival is an experience of the senses, an invitation to see, taste, and smell. But for me, more than anything else, the Festival is an auditory experience, with its ...

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 ...

VIENNA, AUSTRIA - Media OutReach Newswire - 27 February 2026 - A high-level cultural delegation from Wuxi, China's renowned ...

Chinese music, which has existed since ancient times, is some of the world’s most beautiful. The ensemble Music From China will be presenting these traditional sounds at 3 p.m. Aug. 7 at Volksplatz.

The US-China Music Institute of the Bard College Conservatory of Music, in collaboration with the Central Conservatory of Music, China, present the fourth annual The Sound of Spring: A Chinese New ...

A showcase and demonstration of what is claimed to be the world’s first fretted, electric Chinese erhu, blending traditional design with modern innovations for expanded musical possibilities. Whoopi ...

ANNANDALE-ON-HUDSON, N.Y. — The US-China Music Institute of the Bard College Conservatory of Music, in collaboration with the Central Conservatory of Music, China, will present the fourth annual “The ...

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 ...

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 ...

On Nov. 15, I was seated in the Nelson Music Room, eagerly awaiting people from all walks of life — elders with graying hair and hard-earned wrinkles, doe-eyed children so young their parents have to ...

The sixth annual "The Sound of Spring" concert celebrating the Chinese New Year will be held on January 25 and 26, 2025, at the Fisher Center at Bard College and Rose Theater at Jazz at Lincoln Center ...