The University of Georgia has an international student population of 2,600 with a large portion of those students coming from China. For international students, finding a place to belong is important ...

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 ...

Wu Fei and Abigail Washburn, who released a self-titled debut album as a duo on Friday, have lived almost parallel lives. Both women were born in 1977, and both grew up to be accomplished and ...

Performing Asia presents traditional and newly-composed music from China and Taiwan by composers Shih-Hui Chen, Chen Yi, Hwang-Long Pan, and Xu Shuya. This lively and moving cross-cultural ...

With a slight inhale, 81-year-old Zhen Jinling brought the short, ridged horn up to his mouth. He pursed his lips and blew into his suona — the sound part birdcall, part trumpet fanfare. From a bench ...

STUTTGART, Germany, Sept. 24, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- On Sept. 18, a Chinese folk music concert named "Eternal Jiangnan" was held at Stuttgart, Germany. The concert, held by Jiangsu International ...

NPR’s Anthony Kuhn, recently returned to China, introduces the Shaanxi folk music known as lao qiang (老腔), or “old tune”: Traditionally, Lao Qiang musicians would accompany a puppeteer, who would tell ...

Musicians from China Conservatory of Music perform traditional Chinese pieces during a Chinese folk music concert at the Colon Theater in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Sept. 22, 2025. (Xinhua/Meng Dingbo) ...

Some combinations sound strange but work really well together. Take pickles and ice cream, french fries and milkshakes, bacon and donuts. The collaboration began when Tian was the artist-in-residence ...

Each a virtuoso in their own right, longtime friends and Wu Fei and Abigail Washburn team up for a tradition-blending debut album of folk music. Chinese Folk Music Meets Appalachian Tradition On 'Wu ...