With his intense gaze fixed and his fingers poised above the strings of the zhongruan, he appeared to absorb the room's energy before releasing it in a single, sweeping gesture. The opening note hung ...

For many Chinese fans, the 2011-filmed 25th anniversary celebration of "The Phantom of the Opera" at London's Royal Albert Hall, widely circulated online, proved a far more accessible introduction to ...

“Masterpiece Mommy,” the musical short starring Chinese singer-songwriter Leah Dou, has been selected for the Short Cuts program of the 49th annual Toronto International Film Festival. The film, which ...

One of the first productions to land in 12F Musical Town is the Chinese version of Chef Show, a musical that has enjoyed ...

On Nov. 15, I was seated in the Nelson Music Room, eagerly awaiting people from all walks of life — elders with graying hair and hard-earned wrinkles, doe-eyed children so young their parents have to ...

Plucked, like the Chinese zither, or bowed, like the erhu, stringed instruments have been played for hundreds of years in China This is the sixth in a series of articles about classical Chinese ...

[1.] Ancient Chinese musical instruments -- The dawn of musical culture : China's oldest musical instruments -- The wonder of bronze : a tour of Shang and Zhou musical instruments -- Palace pageantry ...