The first time when I heard the [Fritz] Kreisler 'Liebesleid,' I just [felt], 'Wow, that song is just right for the erhu.' The sadness, the sensitivity, the warmth, the romance: It fits my instrument.

This is the sixth 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 ...

Allison Hernandez is modest and soft spoken, but when she picks up the erhu, she slips into another world. With a slight smile on her face and closed eyes, she moves with the music, as she draws her ...

"Her erhu narrates universal tales, with its two strings painting scenes beyond words," a UN-based journalist said after experiencing a concert by Chinese erhu virtuoso Ma Xiaohui. Recently, Ma, a ...

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 Vancouver Erhu Quartet, a musical exploration combining the erhu (Chinese violin) with Western strings, performs a concert and world premiere of newly commissioned Canadian compositions.

WHEN HOLLYWOOD PRODUCERS need an erhu player - and they need one surprisingly often - they call Karen Han. The Chinese-born musician has played the ancient two-stringed instrument on everything from ...

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 ...

NEW YORK, Nov. 4 (Xinhua) -- "Her erhu narrates universal tales, with its two strings painting scenes beyond words," a UN-based journalist said after experiencing a concert by Chinese erhu virtuoso Ma ...