No conversation about Chinese traditional music would be complete without the pipa, an ancient guitar-like instrument. One of the best known current practitioners of the pipa is Wu Man. Fred talks ...

The first time I saw Wu Man play the pipa, a four-stringed lute with an ancient Chinese lineage, time seemed to stop. I stood silently and slack-jawed, watching her left hand dart along the instrument ...

The venerable Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall was set ablaze by the captivating charm of the Chinese pipa on July 20, as Professor Yong Ge and the Pipa π Ensemble presented "Pipa Unbound: ...

You're hearing Min Xiao-Fen, one of the world's greatest virtuosos, playing the pipa. It's a pear-shaped, guitar-like instrument from China with a history that goes back thousands of years. Min's ...

LOS ANGELES, CA, USA, March 17, 2023 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Yinfang Jing was recently among the notable young Chinese musicians to grace the main stage at the Eagle ...

The September 9 concert at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York will feature a pipa concerto by Lou Harrison, the first by an American composer, plus traditional pipa pieces and folk tunes.

Bathed in various checkered patterns and a sophisticated palette dominated by varying shades of elegant blue and accented with other complementary hues, each piece emerges as a striking work of art ...

The US-China Music Institute of the Bard College Conservatory of Music will present The Sound of Spring: A Chinese New Year Concert conducted by Director of the US-China Music Institute Jindong Cai ...

Come Sunday, you’ll have the chance to both celebrate the Lunar New Year and listen to some of the finest — and rarest musicians — in the region. The Mankato-based ProMusica Minnesota, a group that ...