In collaboration with the United Nations Music Organizations, the festival is dedicated to fostering cross-regional and cross-cultural artistic exchange, spreading profound messages of friendship and ...

You're hearing Min Xiao-Fen, one of the world's greatest virtuosos, playing the pipa. It's a pear-shaped, guitar-like instrument from China with a history that goes back thousands of years. Min's ...

The pipa is a Chinese lute, and its sound is surprisingly spry and agile, with sounds that hit and bounce off the ears like tiny springs. Watching Wu Man’s hands fly on and off the instrument’s ...

Chinese born and U.S. based Wu Man has taken the pipa (a traditional Chinese lute) and brought it to concert stages around the world as well as introducing it into Western pop and other music styles.

Come Sunday, you’ll have the chance to both celebrate the Lunar New Year and listen to some of the finest — and rarest musicians — in the region. The Mankato-based ProMusica Minnesota, a group that ...

Wu Man is a master of the Chinese pipa, a lute-like instrument with a 2,000-year history. She stopped by NPR to talk about her fresh twist on... Pipa Virtuoso Wu Man Brings Ancient Chinese Music To ...