Centered on the extraordinary appeal of "The Great Wave Off Kanagawa" by Katsushika Hokusai, this exhibition offers a smartly ...

They represent the top level of traditional Chinese music, not only at home, but also abroad," says Zhao Cong, a veteran pipa (a four-stringed lute ... and learning, these old instruments," says Zhao.

LoSchiavo loves playing the instrument. He also shares his skills and teaches others. "It’s just a passion, and every day there’s something that you can do, especially on the guitar string ...

The art of string instrument-making will become a ‘critically endangered craft’ as the only UK’s degree course in the subject is set to close. The Newark School of Musical Instrument Crafts, which is ...

Every musical instrument has a unique story, each with a distinct personality. Some, centuries old, have been passed down numerous times, from one generation of musicians to the next. Here are the ...

Beginning nearly 15 years ago, the Curtis Institute’s Roberto Díaz has been performing on a 1690 viola from the workshop of ...

The Continental School jazz band received a surprise parting gift from the Green Valley Concert Band: a set of brand-new instruments, including an alto saxophone and a violin, donated through the ...

Motivated by that harrowing encounter, Weinstein and his son, Avshalom, began systematically collecting and repairing stringed instruments connected to the Holocaust. Although Amnon died in 2024 ...

To Moyun, it's unfortunate that the guzheng remains relatively unknown outside of China, and that some viewers even mistake it for the koto, a Japanese plucked string instrument. She also finds ...

The first of the Africans to show up in the film is a griot playing a stringed instrument, a xalam, from Senegal. Stringed instruments, including many of those that were forged by slaves have been ...