The first flutes excavated in China were made from bone. Today, ones made from bamboo are widely used in Chinese music and opera This is the seventh in a series of articles about classical Chinese ...

From the earliest playable musical instruments to their roles in a modern four-section orchestra, Chinese traditional instruments and their 8,000-year history explained. The ‘Chinese bagpipes’ and ...

Toh's love for the Chinese bamboo flute began in elementary school when his elder brother joined the Chinese orchestra in middle school to learn to play the musical instrument.[File photo] When Gill ...

Students perform a collective flute piece during an interlude at Yinshan ethnic primary school in Yuping Dong Autonomous County, southwest China's Guizhou Province, July 4, 2024. (Photo by Hu ...

Dong Min, a Chinese flutist, is known for playing the dizi on the streets of Sydney, Australia, earlier this year. [Photo provided to China Daily] On the bustling streets of Sydney, Australia, a young ...

This is the seventh ina series of articles about classical Chinese instruments and the traditional Chinese music orchestra, in which we explore how musicians play the eight different types of ...