An unusual blending of Hawaiian slack key guitar and steel guitar with the Chinese erhu led the “Across the Sea” trio of Jeff Peterson, Greg Sardinha and Tsun-Hui Hung to a 2018 Hoku Award for ...

Joshua Bell has been an international violin soloist since he performed with the Philadelphia Orchestra and conductor Riccardo Muti at the age of 14. He signed his first recording contract four years ...

In the Oscar-nominated film “Up in the Air," audiences watch the familiar routines of contemporary airline travel while hearing the unfamiliar sounds of an ancient Asian instrument, thanks to erhu ...

The "Butterfly Lover's Concerto" is such an evocative title, it almost doesn't matter what the music is about. A Chinese folk tale was the inspiration for composer Chen Gang, in this concerto for the ...

The College of Fine Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences Dean’s Speaker Series is thrilled to present “Sonic Joy: Music as Medicine with Shaw Pong Liu and Balla Kouyaté” on Oct. 12 at 7 p.m. in Durgin ...

Across China, even in different ethnic groups, the traditional Chinese two-stringed erhu has long been the most popular instrument in the huqin family of instruments. It's still popular today, even in ...