Plucked, like the Chinese zither, or bowed, like the erhu, stringed instruments have been played for hundreds of years in ...

A concert in Beijing on Aug 21 celebrates the conclusion of the Dunhuang Cup competition for the erhu, a traditional Chinese ...

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 ...

Recently, Ma, a noted Chinese erhu performer and composer with the Shanghai Chinese Orchestra, held an erhu concert with the theme of "Erhu Holding Hands with the World, New Music Trend, New Cultural ...

Usually, this coverage is of the "China meets the world" variety, meant to underline that a Chinese orchestra -- or ballet, or opera company -- can hold its own with the world's best.

Li’s father, a music teacher, introduced her to the erhu, a two-stringed Chinese bow-fiddle, when she was 5 years old.

The erhu music below, accompanied on the Chinese lute by Zhao Cong, is one of Yu Hongmei’s works, who is a well-known contemporary erhu player in China, carried by Youtube: ...

Performance Today pays tribute to the Year of the Dog with music from the Shanghai Quartet, erhu player Xu Ke and pianists Yundi Li and Sa Chen. They perform Western classical and Chinese ...

First-year ethnomusicology student Zoe Shay explains her love of the Chinese bowed instrument, the erhu, and how it has helped her understand the "universal language" of music.

This week’s Showdown is between two concertos for traditional Chinese instruments: the pipa and the ehru. Tell us which you prefer and we'll play the winner at 12 noon.