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, ...

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 ...

Guqin is a Chinese 7-string zither. It has a long history dated back 3000 years. It is a spiritual and meditative instrument and often used to accompany poets. In this concert, guqin master David Wong ...

White-collar workers learn playing the guqin (Chinese zither) at You Huang Li guqin salon. Nowadays, more and more white collars in pursuit of a slow life show great interest in traditional Chinese ...

The China Guqin Art and Lifestyle Exhibition at the Ningbo Museum of Art Photo: Courtesy of Li Li The Juntianfang Studio kicked off the first leg of a free exhibition tour featuring the art of the ...

Against a serene natural backdrop, like sunlight flickering on the surface of a lake, or a vast, flower-strewn meadow, and clad in traditional Chinese attire, guqin player Xu Chaoran aims to create an ...

This is the sixth 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 ...

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 ...

“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 ...

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 ...

A special exhibition on Chinese music, instruments and the technology behind them opened on Thursday at the Museum for ...

This is the eighth ina 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 ...