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. One of the oldest, most identifiable sounds ...

There are three kinds of street urchins in Hong Kong: the kind with musical instruments, the kind that play on your sense of pity, and the kind that thrust flyers at passers-by. I hate those guys, ...

Chang Jing used to keep her hair long, but says she wants to bring the art of guzheng up to date with a change of image. Provided to China Daily Guzheng soloist Chang Jing has had a radical haircut ...

Originating nearly 2,500 years ago, the guzheng is a traditional Chinese zither, a stringed instrument featuring up to 21 movable strings and bridges. The ancient instrument was the exact piece ...

Young musician mesmerizes foreign audiences with her traditional Chinese instrument, Cai Hong reports. Peng Jingxuan plays the guzheng near to the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France. [China Daily] When ...

The fifth annual Lunar New Year Celebration Concert flows with natural harmony with traditional Chinese instruments, the ...

Neilson Hays Library on Surawong Road is hosting the "Stories From Spring To Autumn" concert featuring musicians from the College of Music, Mahidol University, on Sunday at 6pm. The programme will ...

'There is no reason to limit the guzheng (Chinese zither) to a classical or traditional setting. It can also be contemporary and edgy,' says guzheng player Sara Heng. Photo: Handout Ever since she was ...

The Chinese guzheng has been around since China's Warring States Period (around 446-221 B.C.), but it's a safe bet that only a few people in tonight's Tucson Symphony Orchestra audience will have ever ...

Recitals of music for the guzheng — the ancient 21-stringed Chinese zither — are not exactly staples of the Washington concert scene. So it was a rare treat when Bing Xia and Rujia Teng, two virtuosos ...