Renowned for its technical brilliance, innovative programming, and artistic excellence, the Shanghai Chinese Orchestra, one ...

Of the metal instruments used in a traditional Chinese music orchestra, chime bells and gongs are the most common. We examine ...

Plucked, like the Chinese zither, or bowed, like the erhu, stringed instruments have been played for hundreds of years in ...

Opera lovers will be treated to two iconic works spanning over two centuries: the concert version of George Frideric Handel's ...

The Wuhan Philharmonic Orchestra is performing at a classical music festival in Beijing Saturday night. The 23rd Beijing Music Festival is set to take place from Oct. 10 to 20, offering “240 … ...

These Chinese composers are known to bring fresh and innovative approaches to the country's classical music repertoire. With technically challenging styles that are both distinctive and ...

As a Chinese orchestra, we are familiar with both Chinese music and that of the outside world, which makes others curious about us. The NCPA Orchestra represents the highest artistic standard in ...

Yupeng Chen, best known for his work on video games, is the first Chinese composer to sign with classical music label ...

Sheng, who now lives in the U.S., attributes Chinese music's popularity here to "the West's long fascination with the East, and vice versa," and the abrupt ending of China's long isolation from ...

In 2012, he was named principal bassoon of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra — becoming the first Chinese-born bassoonist to hold such a position in a major U.S. symphony orchestra.