Category Archives: Music

Nixon in China, not in China

Nick Frisch puts the Met’s performance of Nixon in China up against the expectations of Chinese opera viewers.

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Hymns of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom

The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom and their Christian hymns.

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Guzheng and Masada

Rosh Hashanah – Jewish new year – starts tonight. Shana tova to our Jewish readers.

Celebrate by watching this video shot at the North Sea Jazz Festival in summer 2009: Secret Chiefs 3 joined by Wu Fei (吴非) on guzheng playing music from John Zorn’s Masada series which is based on traditional Jewish music.

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Performing at funerals: professional mourners in Chongqing and Chengdu

A look at the funeral performance industry in Chongqing and Chengdu, from The Beijing News.

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Strawberry trip

A video by Janek Zdzarski of a motorbike trip to the Strawberry music festival that took place near Beijing on the May 1 weekend. Music by Wu and the Side Effects.

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In New York: Contemporary heroes from China’s music scene

Nick Frisch writes from New York about the wave of rock and classical music from China that appeared in the American metropolis.

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Mongolian folk band Hanggai on tour in the U.S. and A!

Mongolian folk rock band Hanggai on tour in the U.S.A.

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Cui Jian’s concert on the square

A four-song concert given in 1989 by Cui Jian and his band.

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A Super Girl sings Cui Jian

Super Girl finalist Huang Ying sings Cui Jian’s ‘Nothing to my Name’.

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African band of Beijing

Afrokoko Roots are a 15-piece international Afrobeat band who live in Beijing.

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