Many of the Chinese musical works I’ve come to known — folk songs and contemporary classical compositions — are like paintings to me. I imagine furious galloping and dust kicking...
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On May 5, Flushing Town Hall’s Global Mashup #4: Taiwan Meets Jamaica features Stephanie Chou‘s original compositions and contemporary updates to traditional Chinese folk songs and the Caribbean stylings of Jamaican artist Owen...
Ahead of a November 17 concert celebrating the works of Lei Liang (梁雷) that is part of Columbia University’s Miller Theatre’s Composer Portraits series, The New York Times profiles the Tianjin-born composer. The profile traces the evolution...
On Friday, December 2, “Young Promise” competition winner and piano/composition master’s degree candidate at the Manhattan School of Music Rongxin Peng premieres three new works in a program entitled Hidden Melody at the...
Returning for a third year on September 17, the third day of the Mid-Autumn Festival, the Modern Sky Festival should already be a familiar name for music lovers in New York....
This year, Modern Sky Festival leaves its home for the past two years at Rumsey Playfield in Central Park for Governor’s Island, but on Saturday, July 16, newcomer festival Taiwanese Waves fills the...
On February 1, just before the Chinese New Year, six Chinese musicians will present The Charm – Traditional Instrument, Modern Interpretation at New York’s prestigious Carnegie Hall. Organized by FJ International Culture...
Abigail Washburn and Wu Fei, friends who formed and played together in the smart Kungfu-Appalachian-Indie-Folk-Rock trio Wu-Force, beautifully blend “The Water is Wide” and “Boat Song” in this banjo-guzheng duet....
A year after bringing some of the biggest names in indie rock from the United States and China to the same stage in New York, Modern Sky Festival returns to Central Park’s...
Chinese music makes a breakthrough on Sunday, August 2 at Ran Tea House, as pipa player Jiaju Shen introduces the world’s one and only electric pipa, or “E-pa” in a...