NPR's Leila Fadel asks Min Xiao-Fen, virtuoso on the Chinese stringed instrument pipa, and guitarist Rez Abbasi about their collaboration on White... The Traditional Chinese Pipa Meets Guitar In Min ...

The woman now considered the world’s greatest pipa player spent years asking herself, “What am I going to do?” Wu Man, now 54 years old, was the first person to get a master’s degree in her instrument ...

Chinese artist Guo Mei (R) teaches a student to play pipa in Qormi, Malta, on March 17, 2025. [Photo/Xinhua] A groundbreaking initiative to introduce Chinese music to Maltese youth, featuring lessons ...

The venerable Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall was set ablaze by the captivating charm of the Chinese pipa on July 20, as Professor Yong Ge and the Pipa π Ensemble presented "Pipa Unbound: ...

Shahd Hesham, an oud player and teacher, plays the oud at Arabic Oud House in Cairo, Egypt, on Sept. 24, 2022. (Xinhua/Ahmed Gomaa) A young Egyptian lady was playing a piece of music on the oud, an ...

The Ruan, a traditional plucked string instrument of the Han Chinese, also known as the Ruan Xian or Ruan Qin, has a rich history and evolving identity. It was originally referred to as the Qin Pipa ...

Pipa virtuoso Wu Man takes the stage at Carnegie Hall to give the U.S. premieres of two concertos scored for traditional Chinese instruments, performing with the Taipei Chinese Orchestra (TCO) on ...

The first time that Guo Mingxuan saw a pipa in the home of her music teacher Chen Yu, she was 6 years old and she was impressed by the 2,000-year-old four-stringed musical instrument. To her the ...

The pipa is steeped in history and tradition. In China. Here, little is known about the pipa beyond that it is a stringed, lutelike instrument. This week, music audiences will have two opportunities ...

You're hearing Min Xiao-Fen, one of the world's greatest virtuosos, playing the pipa. It's a pear-shaped, guitar-like instrument from China with a history that goes back thousands of years. Min's ...

You're hearing Min Xiao-Fen, one of the world's greatest virtuosos, playing the pipa. It's a pear-shaped, guitar-like instrument from China with a history that goes back thousands of years. Min's ...