The erhu has only two strings but just listen to what those two strings can do - from playing the earliest classic, "The Sound of Agony," to imitating perfectly the voices of Peking Opera singers or ...

Each week, Daily Bruin A&E will explore the instruments of the World Musical Instrument Collection and their performers that all contribute to the musical landscape of the UCLA Herb Alpert School of ...

The erhu, a traditional Chinese musical instrument that is sometimes known by Westerners as the Chinese fiddle, is an integral part of life in Jiangyin, Jiangsu province. Strolling through the city, ...

May 25 | 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM Add to Calendar 25-05-2024 12:00 25-05-2024 13:00 America/Toronto Yang Xue: The Arts of Erhu Music, Sound of Dragon Festival The Sound of Dragon Festival offers a free ...

An unusual blending of Hawaiian slack key guitar and steel guitar with the Chinese erhu led the “Across the Sea” trio of Jeff Peterson, Greg Sardinha and Tsun-Hui Hung to a 2018 Hoku Award for ...

There was a time when the erhu was perceived as an instrument for the poor. Wang Guotong says he remembers it well. 'In the 1920s, Hong Kong people looked down on national music - they worshipped ...

he sad and sonorous sound of the erhu, the musical instrument that epitomizes Chinese music, is weathering an attack from nature lovers who fear its snake skin covered sound box is driving the mighty ...

Inside a small workshop packed with cupboards and a carpenter’s bench, 76-year-old Tong Man-hak carefully measures pieces of wood and places them precisely before using an electric saw to cut them.

May 25, 2024 | 8:00 PM - 10:00 PM Add to Calendar 25-05-2024 20:00 25-05-2024 22:00 America/Toronto Yang Xue’s Bows & Strings’ Dance (Beijing, China) and the Vancouver Erhu Quartet, Sound of Dragon ...

Playing the erhu is like practicing Taoism. That is according to Xiao Baiyong, one of China's leading erhu performers. "It is something you feel with your heart, and not just a technical skill," he ...