Wu Fei and Abigail Washburn, who released a self-titled debut album as a duo on Friday, have lived almost parallel lives. Both women were born in 1977, and both grew up to be accomplished and ...

Praised as the most quintessentially Chinese voice, soprano Lei Jia is well-known for her distinctive singing style, which combines Chinese folk music, bel canto and traditional Chinese opera. As a ...

Shudong Braamse of Lakeland has performed on stages around the world, but she'll experience a first in her career Feb. 24 when she plays Carnegie Hall. The award-winning soprano will be accompanied by ...

"Chinese culture has achieved its current brilliant glory, and each ethnic group has its own unique contribution," Zhang Tiantong says. As the Daur (skilled in singing and dancing) ethnic minority ...

We close this hour with music from cellist Yo Yo Ma and his Silk Road Ensemble from the group's visit to NPR. Fred talks with members of the ensemble, and we hear them play "Mido Mountain," a folk ...

The 11th Western China Folk Songs (Hua’er) Festival opened at the China Hui Culture Park in the city of Yinchuan, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, on July 25. Hua’er is a type of traditional folk music ...

A guessing song (Yunnan) --Song of the wagon dirver (Uighurian folk song) -- The little swallow (Khazakian folk song) --Song of the wagon dirver (Uighurian folk song) ---Majira (Khazakian folk song) - ...

With a slight inhale, 81-year-old Zhen Jinling brought the short, ridged horn up to his mouth. He pursed his lips and blew into his suona — the sound part birdcall, part trumpet fanfare. From a bench ...

The 30-year-old singer from Wales has become an overnight sensation in China, but claims he was blocked from the show's final rounds by government authorities. By THR Staff One Iain Inglis, originally ...

Those lucky enough to be in south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region between November 15 and November 21 found themselves immersed in folk songs, dances, green grass and blossoming flowers as ...

Some courts in southwestern China’s Guizhou province have hired folk singers to work as mediators in a bid to settle legal disputes among local ethnic minorities. In a 2023 video that recently went ...

Wu Fei and Abigail Washburn, who released a self-titled debut album as a duo on Friday, have lived almost parallel lives. Both women were born in 1977, and both grew up to be accomplished and ...