The musical instruments of Vietnam’s ethnic minority groups are on the verge of disappearing. Most of the artisans who make them are old. But some of them are working hard to teach younger generations ...

Nurdun Esmayil (C) plays music with his son, Ehmet Nurdun (L), and his apprentice in his courtyard in Xinhe County, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Oct. 15, 2024. (Photo: Xinhua) ...

In Shanghai's super-modern Grand Theater, a fashionable, mainly young audience applauds enthusiastically as Guo Yong takes center stage. He acknowledges the semicircle of musicians around him and ...

It's amazing that such music could come from a single-stringed instrument. As Su Chunfa and his two granddaughters pluck duxianqins, a smooth rhythm spreads through Dongxing. The city in South China's ...

In 1971 a traffic accident changed the life of jazz trumpeter R. Carlos Nakai. The wreck damaged his mouth and left him unable to play the instrument at the level he'd worked so hard to attain. But he ...

Nurdun Esmayil installs strings for a folk musical instrument with his friend at home in Xinhe County, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Oct. 29, 2024. (Xinhua/Hu Huhu) In a small ...

URUMQI, Nov. 13 (Xinhua) -- In a small courtyard dappled with light under a grape arbor, 65-year-old Nurdun Esmayil was making handmade folk musical instruments with his family and apprentices.