Chinese orchestra plays Pope’s kind of music Vatican City, May 8, 2008 / 08:00 am The Paul VI Hall was the scene of an unusual performance on Wednesday afternoon—the 75 member Chinese Philharmonic ...

The notion of an orchestra, a large ensemble of musicians directed to play together, is a Western notion, essentially unknown in China until the middle of the past century. Since then, the Chinese ...

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The China National Centre for the Performing Arts (NCPA) Orchestra kicked off its European tour with its British debut Wednesday night at the Edinburgh International Festival. Around 2,000 audience ...

Violinist Davyd Booth and 13 orchestra members are revisiting China to celebrate the anniversary of the Philadelphia Orchestra's historic 1973 visit. The visit occurs ahead of next week's meeting ...

When I first heard that Irvine’s A Little Dynasty Chinese School (where my daughter is a student) has a traditional Chinese children’s orchestra, I was surprised. I grew up in San Jose, where there ...

SHANGHAI — For the past two months, Li Chenxiao has spent an hour every day practicing the zhongruan, a traditional Chinese plucked string instrument, at a speed of over 200 beats per minute. On Aug.

The tour, themed "From Madama Butterfly to The Butterfly Lovers", features performances in three iconic cities in Italy: Rome ...

Don’t miss this joyful New York tradition for the most important holiday in the Chinese lunar calendar. Celebrate the Year of the Snake with music! “The Sound of Spring” returns to Jazz at Lincoln ...

The melodic tones of the guqin, the guzheng and the pipa will be heard as part of a festival celebrating traditional Chinese music. Cambridge Chinese Music and Culture Festival organiser Shi Yang ...