A Chinese lute that requires virtuosic technique to master its intricate and delicate tonality. Let's see Sting try and wrap his fat fingers around this one ... What is it? A kind of Chinese lute.

A native of China, Ms. Zhang began playing the Pipa when she was nine still living in her hometown of Wenzhou, Zhejiang Province, in southeast China, playing music with her mother, who initially ...

The pipa is steeped in history and tradition. In China. Here, little is known about the pipa beyond that it is a stringed, lutelike instrument. This week, music audiences will have two opportunities ...

Pipa player Wu Man moved overseas to promote the Chinese instrument. Now, she hopes to do the same in her homeland. Chen Nan reports. Wu Man is regarded as the ambassador of the Chinese pipa to the ...