A koto is a traditional Japanese 13-stringed instrument similar to a zither, with movable bridges for tuning. Players wear three picks known as tsume on their thumb and first two fingers to pluck the ...

Native Instruments has been acquired by inMusic, the company that oversees brands such as Moog Music, Rane, Denon DJ and Akai ...

Fangufangu, the art and practice of the traditional Tongan bamboo nose flute, is the subject of an exhibition at Porirua's ...

The quartet, which also comprises Bogdan Băcanu, Emiko Uchiyama and Nico Gerstmayer, will be joining the Academy of Ancient ...

The “Temirlan & Yernat” duo is bringing the Kazakh traditional instrument, the dombra, to global audiences, proving this ...

Across the world, musicians and researchers are breathing new life into instruments that nearly disappeared. From the hurdy gurdy to the glass armonica, these relics are finding space in modern genres ...

Instruments like the those currently on the Red Planet were used to study samples collected from an 'Mars-like' area in Chile ...

An elderly couple from Huzhou, East China's Zhejiang Province, discovered an unusual piece of "scrap iron" while collecting recyclables. After handing it over to a local police station, it was ...

From Slik to Ultravox, to Band Aid, a solo career and numerous awards, the musician has always kept his feet on the ground by ...

Jewel discusses how she made Heart of the Ocean, a sculptural soundscape that reflects oceanographic data in real time, ...

The session, Flowing Traditions: Indian Folk & Classical Music in a Changing World, brought together Mudgal and Lakha Khan to ...

Singing Haydn’s optimistic choral music is the life-enhancing experience we need in today's troubled times, writes Richard ...