Music is an integral part of many of life’s most important moments and is a powerful way to create communal bonds. But the significance of a musical instrument is not only found in the events where it ...
Locals have crafted a traditional horn-like instrument used for generations to usher in the harvest season - Copyright DANISH DEFENCE/AFP Handout Locals have crafted ...
Flautist Marselus Selu has started a music collective on the island of Flores to foster traditional wind instruments made from native bamboo. The 64-year-old taught himself to build and play the ...
He may be in his eighties, but this champion of traditional wind instruments has lost none of his energy, passion and creativity for this fast-fading element of Kosovo Albanian culture. Aged 84, ...
In spite of Wu Yuemeng's prestigious status in folk music, he has never abandoned his role as a grass-root educator, resolving to carry on the legacy of Chinese traditional wind instruments among the ...
A low, sonorous tone ripples from the back of the concert hall, a deep, rolling hum from someplace out of time, somewhere primordial. As the audience turns their heads towards the source, the towering ...