Players Zhang Geping (L) and Zhao Xiaotong practice playing the pipa at Lanzhou traditional orchestra in Lanzhou, northwest China's Gansu Province, May 13, 2019. Pipa, a pear-shaped stringed ...

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.

One school of thought has it that classical music is facing tough times as it negotiates a perfect storm of changing social, cultural, educational, economic and digital forces. But Wu Man doesn’t ...

Wu Yuxia has played thepipa for about 50 years. Both of them have been learning the pipa with Wu since they were very young. Fan is now studying at the China Conservatory to be a professional pipa ...

In a whirlwind of excitement and youthful exuberance, pipa (a four-stringed Chinese lute) maestro Wu Man took center stage with the dynamic Beijing Youth Orchestra for two concerts in the capital last ...

"Jump out the box — I always wanted to do [that] as a musician," Wu Man tells NPR's Scott Simon before playing the main riff to Black Sabbath's "Iron Man." "I personally really enjoy [trying] ...

In collaboration with the United Nations Music Organizations, the festival is dedicated to fostering cross-regional and cross-cultural artistic exchange, spreading profound messages of friendship and ...

SHANGHAI — As 2020 went underway, a folk musician named Fang Jinlong suddenly became the biggest star on the Chinese internet. The reason was the 57-year-old’s appearance on video-sharing platform ...

Shaun Gibson (right), a music influencer, combines Chinese traditional instruments with Western pop rhythms in his work (PROVIDED TO CHINA DAILY) Shaun Gibson’s access to Chinese music began in the ...

Wu Yuxia has played thepipa for about 50 years. Photos provided to China Daily Chinese pipa player Wu Yuxia never says "no" to educational performances and projects since she believes that spreading ...

Pipa is pictured at Lanzhou traditional orchestra in Lanzhou, northwest China's Gansu Province, May 13, 2019. Pipa, a pear-shaped stringed instrument, is one of the traditional Chinese musical ...