The musical performance of Shen Yingbiao and Chen Chengbo — Memories of the Past at Red Cliff — captivated the audience on Saturday evening during a concert in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province. They have ...

“The Empty Bell,” the title Nora Nohraku Suggs (her Japanese performance name) chose for her shakuhachi recital Saturday at Peter Hall at Moravian College, has a zen ring to it. The ancient bamboo ...

Young Sub Lee sits cross-legged on a mat on the stage of Meany Theater, wearing loose white pants, a billowing blouse and blue smock, hair tied in a top knot. He blows intently across the large mouth ...

Get ready for an unforgettable evening showcasing the music of the shakuhachi, Japan’s traditional bamboo flute! Hōzan Nomura, the honored National Living Treasure of the shakuhachi, makes a rare ...

Flautist Marselus Selu has started a music collective on the island of Flores to foster traditional wind instruments made from native bamboo. The 64-year-old taught himself to build and play the ...

In Pilibhit, Uttar Pradesh, the bamboo bansuri is more than a musical instrument—it is a living family craft. From melas and ...

GUIYANG — Each day after completing her homework during the summer vacation, Xia Meng, a student at Yinshan ethnic primary school, devotes most of her time to practicing the bamboo flute. Just a month ...

A lone bamboo standing in snow, called ``seoljuk'' in Korean, is a metaphorical depiction of the solitary life of a 49-year-old maker of ``daegeum,'' the traditional Korean large bamboo transverse ...

Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. Vinod Prasanna is a master of the bansuri, the traditional bamboo flute of India, and our special guest ...

From a Japanese bamboo flute that is harvested and then cured to an unusual fretless zither and a blue Fender Strat, three performers tell the stories of the instruments they cherish A central figure ...