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Music Talks
Feast your ears on the musical classics of the east with MUSIC TALKS, the Middle Kingdom’s mashup of classical music and in-depth discussions with some of China’s most celebrated orchestral professionals. Experience the instruments, get some perspective, feel the pulse of antiquity.
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Mustafa Alim: Choosing rhythm over the pulse
This episode follows Mustafa Alim, a musician from Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region in northwest China, who fell in love with the accordion. Actively...
Encore: Music strings a bridge cross the border
Over the past decade, Liu Yuening, a Chinese dulcimer professor with the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing, has committed herself to using musi...
The Everlasting Notes
The Chinese Orchestra of Renmin University of China brings together students from diverse majors like finance, mathematics, information management and...
Jake Pinnick of Wudang Mountain
American-born Jake Pinnick has great passion for Wudang martial arts and the wisdom of Daoism. He has also been exploring the art of traditional Chine...
The Musical Mission of An 80-year-old
Li Shuyou, an 80-year-old music teacher, has turned his home into a music school. Here, children and teenagers have gathered for years to take lessons...
Trailer: Music of My Heart
Meet different people across China, who live and breathe traditional Chinese music, and find out how music inspires, heals, and connects generations i...
Jazz beyond borders
Huang Ye is an innovative Jazz musician and music director at the Lincoln Center Shanghai. It won't be surprising to hear segments in his music reflec...
Shaun Gibson: "What I put into music is my true story"
Shaun Gibson is a British singer and songwriter who weaves his narratives into music. His music is so catchy that it often goes around in listeners' h...
Behind the lyrics: A French singer’s journey of writing Chinese songs
Christophe Hisquin is a French singer and songwriter who has been devoting himself to making both Chinese and French songs. Better known as Dantes in...
East Meets West: Explore the Sheng in "Phenomena"
In this episode, we will explore "Phenomena," a Sheng concerto commissioned by China’s NCPA Orchestra. The program features European composer Bernd Ri...
Strings of time: Reviving the ancient zither
Ancient instruments are symbolic cultural relics, and people can get a glimpse of the culture and traditions behind their unique sounds. In this episo...
Echoes of the Tibetan fiddle
Embark on a captivating journey with Gesang Norbu, who has been pursuing his passion for the Tibetan fiddle despite tough challenges and discouraging...
A Fusion of East and West
A recent concert titled "The Song of Xianghe", meaning a harmonic blend, is considered a fusion of Eastern and Western culture. In this episode, we wi...
The Flying Dutchman: Igniting China-Germany cultural fusion through Wagner
In April of 2024, the National Centre for the Performing Arts (NCPA) in Beijing, China, presented German composer Richard Wagner’s enduring and epic o...
Jiangnan Rhythms: The Mystique of Silk Threads and Bamboo Melodies
Jiangnan Silk and Bamboo music is a cherished folk instrumental tradition in southern China. From its ancient origins to its modern-day significance,...
Flowers Blooming in Qingming: Traditional Chinese Music Reflecting the Essence of Spring
The traditional Chinese festival Qingming Festival is commemorated to honor and pay respects to ancestors. Flowers such as plum blossoms, peach blosso...
Sanxian: A Revered Icon of the Chinese Musical Tradition
The Sanxian is a traditional Chinese string instrument with a history spanning over 2,000 years. It belongs to the plucked lute family and is widely p...
Jizhong Sheng-guan Music: Field Music concert
The Jizhong Sheng-guan Music, a traditional genre prevalent in the Jizhong Plain region of China has been playing an important role in the people's li...
Di and Xiao: Chronicles of Chinese Flutes
The sound of Di, echoing through imperial courts and bustling marketplaces alike, has weaved melodies that transcended time and still resonate with co...
An Erhu's serenade: A lifetime's poetic melody
The Erhu, with only two strings, has the power to express a thousand emotions and a myriad of styles. From its origins as an accompaniment, the Erhu h...
Mystical Winds: Tales of the Enigmatic Bili
The Bili is a Chinese double-reed wind instrument with a history dating back to ancient dynasties. Discover its distinctive mellow yet piercing timbre...
Celestial Hammer: Journey into the World of Yangqin
The trapezoidal Yangqin is a Chinese hammered dulcimer, most likely derived from the Iranian santur or the European dulcimer. After evolving for hundr...
Spring Festival: The overture of a new year
The Spring Festival is commonly believed to be the most important among Chinese people. Out of all kinds of celebrations, music is the most indispensa...
Powerful Suona: The loudest voice
The Suona is a traditional Chinese instrument that is played by blowing into a double-reed, through a mouth piece and then through the wooden body. Kn...
Ruan: Integrating tradition and innovation
The Ruan is a lute with four strings, a fretted neck, and is similar to the Pipa. The Ruan existed about 2000 years ago in the Western Jin Dynasty. Th...
Thousand-year old Nanyin mellows with time
Nanyin music is an ancient art form with a lineage of more than a thousand years surviving political, social and cultural change. It has been able to...
Konghou: An old musical instrument rejuvenates
The Konghou is an ancient Chinese harp. It was once one of the most popular musical instruments in China but became extinct sometime in the Ming Dynas...
Guqin: The tone of high mountains and flowing water
Qin music tends to linger on certain notes, with an emphasis on silence and timbre, giving it a meditative quality. "Qin qi shu hua" refers to the Fou...
Pipa: Variable Tunes on Emotionally Charged Strings
“Pi” for plucking the strings forward, and “pa” for plucking the strings backward. The Pipa, sometimes called the "Chinese lute", is a plucked instrum...
Bianqing: Tuned stone chimes ring through palace hall
The Bianqing is a traditional Chinese percussion instrument consisting of a set of L-shaped flat stone chimes known as Qing, played melodically. In th...
Xun: from ancient winds to modern tunes
Explore the Xun, an ancient Chinese wind instrument with over 7,000 years of history. This rare earthen instrument reflects a journey through China's...
Musical note resonates with nature
COP28 calls for global collective action and commitment to protect the environment and restore the vitality of nature in response to the climate chang...
Zheng: A rich vein of sentimentality
The traditional Chinese Zheng has an illustrious history that dates back thousands of years. Along its evolving journey, it has also inspired the crea...
Echoes of the phoenix: The Sheng's melodic journey through Chinese history
This episode explores the Sheng, a traditional Chinese wind instrument known for its ability to produce harmonies independently. Revered as the forebe...
The Philadelphia Orchestra in China: Composing a half-century of friendship through music
In September 1973, the Philadelphia Orchestra visited China for the first time, marking a historic moment as the first American orchestra to tour to t...
The eternal beat: China's drums and their cultural odyssey
In China, drums are an instrument that transcend its musical identity. In times long past, they acted as a celestial bridge for communication, an inte...
Mid-Autumn Festival Special: Hangzhou Rendezvous
Embark on a journey to explore the poetic beauty of Hangzhou, the host city of the 19th Asian Games. Let your soul be enchanted by harmonious melodies...
Trailer: Hangzhou Rendezvous, a journey of a lifetime!
Words from Chinese ancient poems...
Captivating notes in Chinese traditional music...
A symphony of culture and history th...
China’s Ancient Bianzhong Bells: resonance of the ages
In this episode, we journey through the majestic realms of China’s ancient Bianzhong Bells, which are grand percussion instruments dating back to the...
Jiahu Bone Flutes: the early sounds of human civilization
In this episode, we unravel the enchanting story of the Jiahu Bone Flutes, or Gudi, an ancient instrument that emerged over 8,000 years ago. Rediscove...