A Chinese lute that requires virtuosic technique to master its intricate and delicate tonality. Let's see Sting try and wrap his fat fingers around this one ... What is it? A kind of Chinese lute.

It’s been more than a dozen years since audiences at the Tucson Winter Chamber Music Festival first heard the ancient Chinese lute the pipa. But at this year’s festival, which kicks off on Sunday, ...

Wu Man performs with the Silk Road Ensemble at the Mondavi Center at the University of California in 2011. [Photo by Max Whittaker/China Daily] Pipa player Wu Man moved overseas to promote the Chinese ...

The treble "sanxian" (three-stringed Chinese lute) is a wide-range traditional Chinese musical instrument with a crisp sound and lingering after tone. It can even express the singing voice of the ...

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More than 2,000 people played the Chinese lute, or "pipa," together in Jiuzhaigou County in southwest China's Sichuan Province Sunday night, setting a new Guinness World Record for the largest lute ...