Continuing our week of exploring connections between traditional music and classical music, we look at Chinese influences in Western classical music today. From the Shanghai Quartet's recording called ...

Starting with rustic folk music from the Qing Dynasty, the Jade Chinese Music Ensemble took its audience on a journey through time and space at Logan Performance Hall in early May. The Jade Chinese ...

A Chinese DJ played South African gqom during a Chinese New Year celebration, surprising viewers and highlighting how local ...

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 ...

A Chinese musician put a new spin on Irish music by playing some of Ireland's favorite trad songs on traditional Chinese instruments. Jaylin Chu always had an interest in Irish music but found it very ...

On Tuesday, the day of the Lantern Festival, the China National Traditional Orchestra (CNTO) announced the launch of a landmark initiative: Its first-ever formal concert season This move fills a ...

Part of the NCPA's third edition of "Spring of Traditional Chinese Music" festival, which highlights traditional Chinese music, the concert, titled Eastern Tripartite Realms, will open the orchestra's ...

Come Sunday, you’ll have the chance to both celebrate the Lunar New Year and listen to some of the finest — and rarest musicians — in the region. The Mankato-based ProMusica Minnesota, a group that ...

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 ...

All throughout May, WTOP is celebrating Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month with stories about the people and places shaping the D.C. region. This video is no longer available. One of ...