The Vietnam, India and Brunei pavilions have officially opened at the Osaka Kansai Expo, more than two weeks later than those ...

Springtime at Joan K. Mendel Elementary School means JaPANDAsia, an annual celebration of Asian culture at this American ...

The act of strumming is probably something you associate more often with a guitar, or more generally with folk music – that signature technique where a player makes a sweeping motion across the ...

We got a chance to interview Hiroki Matsumoto, the Band Producer behind the striking music-based anime Ave Mujica -The Die is Cast-.

World Shakuhachi Festival is usually held in cities like Tokyo, London, Sydney and New York; this year's festival is in ...

Discovering the Music of Japan (1966), written and produced by Bernard Wilets, provides an engaging introduction to Japan’s rich musical traditions. This 22-minute educational film explores the ...

Recently, Chinese musician Wu Tong and Japanese musician Mayumi Miyata shared a stage in Beijing, celebrating the shared heritage and artistic developments of these historic instruments.

The violin played as the Titanic ship sinks in the Hollywood film is expected to sell for £60,000 at auction. Amid the chaos of the sinking ship, a string quartet plays the hymn Nearer My God To Thee, ...

Performers playing the drums, koto and Japanese flute will also take the stage for a joint performance in the evening. For the grand finale, VR artist Aimi Sekiguchi will present a mesmerising live ...

An unexpected encore from violinist Charles Yang, after his performance with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, has been going viral on social media. A video of violinist Charles Yang singing a soulful ...

The instruments included two bass violins and ... on consignment a Mateo Goffriller bass violin worth $255,000 from a Japanese owner, Yoshio Nagashima, according to a Brooklyn Federal Court ...