Out of old floorboards, is born a unique string instrument – in tribute to one of the world’s greatest explorers. A violin has been crafted out of the floorboards that legendary Anglo-Irish explorer, ...

Can a single string produce sound? Yes, a single string really can. The Jing ethnic group's single-stringed instrument, through the plucking of its string by the fingertips, weaves the breath of the ...

YEOJU, Gyeonggi Province — There can be a perfect performance but never a perfect instrument, said Choi Tae-gwi, a traditional musical Korean instrument artisan. He has been making traditional ...

Ever stumbled across a sound that made you stop in your tracks? Maybe it was something ancient and unfamiliar, yet strangely captivating. While guitars and pianos dominate stages worldwide, there’s a ...

A never-before experienced performance! Hear Bach played on a unique stringed instrument commissioned specifically to play these masterful works in a meditative format set by Tibetan singing bowls.

At the heart of many of the world’s musical instruments is the same, simple component—a string stretched tight between two points. Plucked, bowed, or struck, each of an instrument’s strings creates ...

VietNamNet Bridge – Dan bau, made from a dried gourd, a metal string, a wooden rod and a sound board, has been part of Vietnamese culture and society for hundreds of years. VietNamNet Bridge – Dan bau ...