What do you do with a hyperactive 7-year-old boy? Signing him up for lessons on an ancient Chinese musical instrument probably isn't the first thing to come to mind. Benjamin Lee, 16, of Byron, will ...

The erhu (two-stringed fiddle) has a simple structure. Yet with only two strings it can produce a range of full-bodied sounds, gentle or resounding, depending on the player's experience and ...

Horse Racing is one of the most representative erhu (two-stringed fiddle) pieces in Chinese folk music. With bold and glamorous melodies, the piece conveys the passion of horse racing and the freedom ...

There was a time when the erhu was perceived as an instrument for the poor. Wang Guotong says he remembers it well. 'In the 1920s, Hong Kong people looked down on national music - they worshipped ...