Up until the time of the Spanish conquest in the 16th century, Inca communities in the Andean highlands used a peculiar form ...

At just four years old, Annie—daughter of Chinese immigrants in Athens—is captivating audiences with her extraordinary violin talent. Inspired by Greek virtuoso Leonidas Kavakos, this young prodigy is ...

The lira calabrese is an ancient, traditional instrument of the Calabria region, with roots into the ancient times of Greece.

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A powerful symbol. With their soft, ethereal tones, the harp, lyre and zither have long held a place in the collective ...

Meanwhile, in the main dining hall, the bouzouki − a Greek stringed instrument − draws volunteer folk dancers and crowds to dance along with the music. This year will mark the 65th celebration ...

To Moyun, it's unfortunate that the guzheng remains relatively unknown outside of China, and that some viewers even mistake it for the koto, a Japanese plucked string instrument. She also finds ...

As Sarantidis points out, Turkish culture boasts similar stringed instruments like the soulful saz, the resonant oud and the lafta. This similar tradition provides fertile ground for the Greek ...

This instrument, the Yazh, is a 2000-year-old harp-like string instrument once favoured by Tamil kings ... he compared Yazh with similar ancient instruments from different cultures, including the ...

One of the event’s highlights is Ellen Fullman’s Long String Instrument installation, with dozens of tuned wires stretched 50 or more feet. “Playing my instrument is like walking or swimming ...

Hildur Gudnadóttir, who won the best score Oscar for 2019’s ‘Joker,’ returned for the follow-up film that sought to expand the “vocabulary of the string instruments” from the first film.