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 ...

China's national first-class musician Wu Yuxia performs pipa at a concert Photo: Courtesy of Wu Yuxia Once a little girl watching her teachers craft pipa fingernails with electric soldering irons and ...

Pipa virtuoso Wu Man takes the stage at Carnegie Hall to give the U.S. premieres of two concertos scored for traditional Chinese instruments, performing with the Taipei Chinese Orchestra (TCO) on ...

Apple today has updated GarageBand for Mac and iOS to “celebrate the rich history of Chinese music.” The update for both platforms includes a variety of new sounds and instruments that cater towards ...

If the pipa - the pear-shaped lute with the distinctively percussive, banjo-like twang - has become increasingly well known outside the world of traditional Chinese music, much of the credit goes to ...

No conversation about Chinese traditional music would be complete without the pipa, an ancient guitar-like instrument. One of the best known current practitioners of the pipa is Wu Man. Fred talks ...

Apple’s interests in China, its second-largest regional market, expand far beyond their recent $1 billion investment in Didi Chuxing. As the company eyes a larger presence in China, they’re also ...

Correction: The original version of this article incorrectly stated Wan Yeung is a doctoral candidate in musicology. In fact, Yeung is a doctoral student in ethnomusicology. Two bright red Chinese ...

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 ...

Pipa virtuoso Wu Man takes the stage at Carnegie Hall to give the U.S. premieres of two concertos scored for traditional Chinese instruments, performing with the Taipei Chinese Orchestra (TCO) on ...

NPR's Leila Fadel asks Min Xiao-Fen, virtuoso on the Chinese stringed instrument pipa, and guitarist Rez Abbasi about their collaboration on White... The Traditional Chinese Pipa Meets Guitar In Min ...