Classical ballet has a familiar place in our minds. We know who invented it, the major stars and the eras they pioneered, and the classics of the repertoire—Christmas comes, and so does “The ...

When Seth Boustead — leader of a Chicago-based music ensemble — wanted in 2006 to commission via the internet a new composition from a Chinese composer working in China, he had trouble finding one.

Xiaogang Ye laughed awkwardly as he recounted a conversation with a western music lover. “He said: ‘Hey, your music interests me. But it’s very high—I suppose the voice has to be high when reading ...

One of my earliest memories of classical dance was watching Mikhail Baryshnikov in “White Nights” brazenly win a bet with 11 consecutive pirouettes. The raw beauty and heroism of the moment stayed ...

From the November 2022 issue of Apollo. Preview and subscribe here. This autumn, two important collections of Chinese classical furniture are coming to auction. Christie’s is offering ‘Rich Golden ...

From the November 2023 issue of Apollo. Preview and subscribe here. The twin brush arts of calligraphy and painting first developed in China during the long Period of Disunion, after the fall of the ...

Inna Faliks is professor of piano and head of the piano department at UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music. It was December 2018, and I was on my third concert tour of China. I took my final bows, a ...

Chinese classical aesthetics are becoming a "weathervane" for the modern TV and film industry. As traditional Chinese culture is being brought up more and more often in TV series today, this classic ...