Playing live in the WBEZ studios (from left): Yim Chan thy, playing woodwinds; Lun Phanith, playing the Kse diev, a single string instrument with a gord; Nhouk Sinat, playing the stringed instrument ...

VietNamNet Bridge – A Vietnamese traditional music programme entitled ‘Tieng Truc, Tieng To’ (Sound of Bamboo and Silk) was recently held at L’Espace French Cultural Institute in Hanoi, VietNamNet ...

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 ...

Forty-five years ago, as a freshman in college, Cal Meineke was poking around a music department storage room and came across a rare Tyrolean violin made in the 17th century by the German Matthias ...

Watch how the violin and string instruments make varieties of sound and music. Professor Richard Church, conductor of the University of Wisconsin Symphony Orchestra, introduces the violin and other ...

Jeff Reider runs the cello bow slowly over a clean-burning flame, fine hairs from a Mongolian stallion cinching together in a taught line under his watchful eye. “There’s a fine line between cinching ...

The violin is arguably the world’s most popular instrument. Its expressive tones suit a variety of musical styles, from fast and furious to slow and sanguine. Becoming popular in the 16 th century ...

ULAN BATOR, Mongolia — In the two decades since the Soviet Union dissolved and Mongolia became an independent democracy, the country has struggled to resuscitate cultural traditions lost during its ...