All throughout May, WTOP is celebrating Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month with stories about the people and places shaping the D.C. region. One of the oldest, most identifiable sounds ...

Originating nearly 2,500 years ago, the guzheng is a traditional Chinese zither, a stringed instrument featuring up to 21 movable strings and bridges. The ancient instrument was the exact piece ...

Chinese artist Hao Liang (b. 1983) is currently the subject of a solo exhibition, “The Sad Zither,” at Gagosian in London—his first in Europe and his first with the gallery since his 2018 solo at ...

Physically, the musicians and audience were gathered inside Cook Recital Hall at Michigan State University for the fifth annual Lunar New Year Celebration Concert on Sunday afternoon. Spiritually, ...

Women wearing long wigs and ornate traditional dresses milled around a pebbled courtyard, stopping to snap photos under a pavilion, as the melodious strumming of the Chinese zither played in the ...

Under the baton of Chen Xieyang, China National Traditional Orchestra performs in Beijing on Tuesday, opening its inaugural music season. [Photo by Wang Yi/for China Daily] China National Traditional ...

An artist performs a zither solo at a launch ceremony of the "National Treasures: Traditional Hungarian and Chinese Instruments" stamps in Budapest, Hungary, on Feb. 4, 2026. Hungary and China on ...