Here’s an utterly virtuosic version of Rimsky-Korsakov’s Flight of the Bumblebee, on an instrument you’ve almost certainly never heard play it. The Erhu, sometimes known as the Chinese violin, only ...

The erhu, a traditional Chinese musical instrument that is sometimes known by Westerners as the Chinese fiddle, is an integral part of life in Jiangyin, Jiangsu province. Strolling through the city, ...

The sound of the traditional Chinese musical instrument erhu is becoming better known globally thanks to the effort of one college student. Chen Yimiao, born in 2004, comes from a Beijing family ...

Performing recently in a Shanghai park, a musician gingerly glides his bow across the strings of his erhu before tightening them to bring the instrument back into tune. Soon he is immersed in the ...

The Chinese Association of Southampton puts on music lessons every weekend where children can learn to play traditional Chinese instruments. BBC Southampton's Abbie Collins sat in on one of the ...

Erhu has widely been called "Chinese violin" because its tone similar to a Western violin. While the four-string violin is played horizontally, the two-string erhu is played vertically. The erhu range ...

A memorial stands at the home of Min Huifen, the erhu master who died of a brain hemorrhage on Monday at Renji Hospital. [Photo/Xinhua] A memorial stood at the home of Min Huifen, the erhu master who ...

Talent is a ticket. Some people use it to nail auditions, others to get into a top school. Jia Pengfang used his to see the world, and his particular talent was the erhu. Born in 1958 in China's ...

May 25 | 8:00 PM - 10:00 PM Add to Calendar 25-05-2024 20:00 25-05-2024 22:00 America/Toronto Yang Xue’s Bows & Strings’ Dance (Beijing, China) and the Vancouver Erhu Quartet, Sound of Dragon Festival ...

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Here’s an utterly virtuosic version of Rimsky-Korsakov’s Flight of the Bumblebee, on an instrument you’ve almost certainly never heard play it. The Erhu, sometimes known as the Chinese violin, only ...