A Chinese lute that requires virtuosic technique to master its intricate and delicate tonality. Let's see Sting try and wrap his fat fingers around this one ... What is it? A kind of Chinese lute.

Wu Man performs with the Silk Road Ensemble at the Mondavi Center at the University of California in 2011. [Photo by Max Whittaker/China Daily] Pipa player Wu Man moved overseas to promote the Chinese ...

The treble "sanxian" (three-stringed Chinese lute) is a wide-range traditional Chinese musical instrument with a crisp sound and lingering after tone. It can even express the singing voice of the ...

More than 2,000 people played the Chinese lute, or "pipa," together in Jiuzhaigou County in southwest China's Sichuan Province Sunday night, setting a new Guinness World Record for the largest lute ...

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Musicians are rarely satisfied, never content with what they already do well despite endless praise, always wanting more and setting themselves fresh challenges. What better example than Wu Man, a ...

Cultural expert Tao Min, Chinese Lute performer Liu Lu joined SBS Mandarin Producer Lucy Chen to share their thoughts on the Chinese poem and melodies to the Moon Festival.

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