Shanxi is the cradle of the Chinese drum. Hailed as the home of percussion, Jiangzhou has been a well-known drumming region since the early Tang Dynasty (618-907). Drumming has become a sensation and ...

After moving to the U.S. in 1986 to pursue a master’s degree in education, Xiaobo LaPresta returned to China in the early-2010s to get education in a different ...

This is the fifth in a series of articles about classical Chinese instruments and the traditional Chinese music orchestra, in which we explore how musicians play the eight different types of ...

As the Year of the Snake inches closer, preparations for the local Chinese New Year Gala are well underway in Oregon, the US, and one performance promises to grab the spotlight: A dazzling display by ...

From the earliest playable musical instruments to their roles in a modern four-section orchestra, Chinese traditional instruments and their 8,000-year history explained. The ‘Chinese bagpipes’ and ...

Digital entertainment titan Tencent continues to drum up its music ambitions. On Tuesday, Tencent Music Entertainment, majority-owned by Tencent with a 55.6% stake, announced establishing a new joint ...