A Chinese stringed instrument similar to the violin, the erhu is often played in small choruses and orchestras. It was developed during the Song Dynasty (930-1279 CE) but became popular during the ...

The modern erhu developed from a musical instrument that was played by many ethnic minorities during the Tang dynasty (618-907) called xiqin. In the Song Dynasty (960-1279), musicians had already ...

Zheng Xiaohui has been practicing the erhu since her childhood. After receiving her undergraduate degree in 2021, she moved to Milan for further studies. Starting in April 2023, Zheng Xiaohui began ...

The modern erhu developed from a musical instrument called xiqin, which was played by many ethnic minorities during the Tang Dynasty (618-907). During the Song Dynasty (960-1279), musicians began to ...

First lady Kim Jung-sook, currently on an official state visit to China alongside President Moon Jae-in, learned how to play the Chinese erhu on Dec. 13, the first day of her trip. The erhu is an ...

This is the sixth in a series of articles about classical Chinese instruments and the traditional Chinese music orchestra, in which we explore how musicians play the eight different types of ...

I would like to write about erhu today. I mostly practice my erhu on weekends. However, I had some time to practice it after dinner. One of my reasons to use English is to explain about the instrument ...

Well, you are only about a millennium behind the times. But never fear. Opportunities to hear this ancient Chinese two-stringed instrument known for it’s plaintive humanlike tone are on the upswing. A ...

Performing recently in a Shanghai park, a musician gingerly glides his bow across the strings of his erhu before tightening them to bring the instrument back into tune. Soon he is immersed in the ...

Presented by the Sound of Dragon Society Created during the past year of the pandemic, the Vancouver Erhu Quartet explores the sonic possibilities combining the erhu (Chinese violin) with western ...