: Alabama Symphony Orchestra. Symphony 7: Crouching Tiger Concerto. virtuoso exemplifies the change, cultural turmoil and hardships of daily life in his native land during the last half century.

What sounds sweeter and more personal than a violin? Many people would say the erhu, a Chinese string instrument dating to the mid-8th century that has been put to some very modern uses recently.

Breathtaking and majestic, the Chinese composer’s award-winning epic score to Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon will be presented by the PSO with conduction by En Shao and accompaniment from erhu soloist ...

“Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon’s” theme music is typified by the sounds of a melancholy stringed instrument. Without hearing it before, you might think the music was a special type of ...

Multiple facets of east Asian music came together Thursday at a Symphony 7 event, each an eye-opening reminder that music, despite its diversity, can still communicate on a universal level.

The composer Tan Dun's music for the film Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon combines western instruments with traditional Chinese instruments. Here are two excerpts from the Crouching Tiger music, played ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Rarely does a contemporary work headline a mainstream symphonic concert, and movie music is almost always relegated to a pops program if it gets performed at ...

The Chinese erhu has just two strings. Its neck is thin and long, its sound-box base is small, the resonator is made of snakeskin and the bow of horsehair. The erhu, which first appeared as a musical ...