But the achievement that brought her on stage that morning was historic: The 34-year-old had just earned China’s first Ph.D. in the suona, a traditional folk instrument. Long associated with ...

Liu is China's first doctoral degree holder in suona, a traditional Chinese double-reeded woodwind instrument, also called dida, known for its loud and high-pitched sound. She is also a teacher at ...

At the Musée Guimet in Paris, Chinese suona player Liu Wenwen is rehearsing alongside renowned conductor Tan Dun, to prepare for presenting performances featuring the Mogao Caves, a UNESCO World ...

Suona (Chinese double-reed horn) player Zhang Qianyuan joins hands with the Suzhou Symphony Orchestra to perform suona masterpiece Birds Pay Homage to the Phoenix at the 2023 Harmony and Shared ...

Liu Wenwen is China's first Ph.D. student specializing in the suona, a traditional Chinese musical instrument. She aspires to bring this instrument, widely played in rural China, onto the ...

Perhaps it was to be expected that, Liu, who was born in Jining, a city in Shandong Province, started to learn suona at 4 years old, with her parents teaching her the intricacies of the Chinese wind ...

When the sky grows dark in Bolin village, Anhui province, 55-year-old Zhou Haiyan starts to play suona, a traditional Chinese musical instrument, in front of her phone to livestream her ...

SHANDONG, East China — The unmistakable wail of the suona pierces the dusk in the village as Wang Ruiyong plays a traditional tune on the double-reed instrument. The elderly funeral attendees approve, ...

To best show the spirit of Nezha, the song’s singer and songwriter Tang Hanxiao mixed the sounds of Chinese traditional instruments, especially that of suona (a traditional Chinese woodwind ...

Chinese suona player Hu Chenyun gave a concert on Jan. 22 at the International Jazz Plaza Festival in Havana. Hu performed Chinese music pieces, such as Hundreds of Birds Paying Homage to Phoenix ...

Chinese suona player Liu Wenwen has wowed the audience at the Musikverein Golden Hall in Vienna, Austria with a virtuosic performance on January 8. Liu is China’s first doctoral degree holder in ...