When Joseph Mayes heard the lute, it was love at first note. The Collingswood resident was studying with guitar master Andrés Segovia in Spain in 1968 when the music coming from the pear-shaped ...

MANILA, Philippines—Manlilikha ng Bayan Samaon Sulaiman, master of the Maguindanaon musical instrument kutyapi, died yesterday morning, the National Commission on Culture and the Arts (NCCA) has ...

Zhang Hongyan, director of the Traditional Instruments Department at the Central Conservatory of Music. [Photo provided to China Daily] A training session that aims to promote the Pinghu style of pipa ...

Click to open image viewer. CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. The Molo is a three-stringed lute (a lute is any plucked string instrument with a neck and a deep round back enclosing ...

Talk about having a penchant for "the oldies." When talking about old music, many people refer to the 1950s, '60s and '70s. But when Lakeside resident and lute player Edward Martin talks about old ...

If the guitar is at the very heart of rock and pop, the same cannot be said of classical music. Of course, in its earliest forms, there was plenty for a plucked stringed instrument to play. The lute - ...