A group of youngsters in red silk Mandarin-collared shirts are plucking, beating or blowing into Asian musical instruments that generate delicately trembling and airy melodies. The young musicians ...

“Learning Chinese instruments is not only for them to master playing Chinese music, but also for them to learn their cultural heritage.”— Gordon Lee For hundreds of the South Bay’s young Chinese ...

The China National Traditional Orchestra is fighting a battle familiar to anyone who performs classical music: getting young people to enjoy their art. And it’s often an uphill battle. Some of the ...

On Friday, the Philadelphia Orchestra will perform a 50th anniversary concert with the China National Symphony Orchestra at the National Centre for the Performing Arts in Beijing. They will also visit ...

The National Youth Orchestra of China makes its debut at Carnegie Hall in New York on July 22. Chinese pianist Wang Yuja also performs at the concert. [Photo by Chris Lee/For China Daily] The newly ...

Don’t miss the series of tribute concerts honouring the conductors who have shaped the orchestra’s development over the past ...

As the Philadelphia Orchestra completes its 2019 Tour of China, orchestra officials have signed a three-year deal with ShanghaiTech University and the Shanghai Philharmonic Orchestra "that will enable ...

Every Monday night, members of the Chao Feng Chinese Orchestra file into a room at Melbourne University to rehearse their repertoire. This Sunday that diligent practice will come to fruition as the ...

When I first heard that Irvine’s A Little Dynasty Chinese School (where my daughter is a student) has a traditional Chinese children’s orchestra, I was surprised. I grew up in San Jose, where there ...

Musicians of the China National Traditional Orchestra gather in Beijing and rehearse for their performance in Moscow, Russia, on May 24. JIANG DONG/CHINA DAILY Zhao Cong, vice-president and the ...