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Music Talks

Music Talks

By: China Plus
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 Feast your ears on the musical classics of the east with MUSIC TALKS, the Middle Kingdom’s mashup of classical music and in-depth discussions with some of China’s most celebrated orchestral professionals. Experience the instruments, get some perspective, feel the pulse of antiquity.Copyright @ China Plus Music
Episodes
  • Galloping strings--The spirit within the bow

    Galloping strings--The spirit within the bow
    Feb 5 2026
    In this episode, the hooves are replaced by horse-hair: the Morin Khuur speaks, sighs and gallops in the hands of the soloist Morin Khuur performer Chaoke Jiletu. You’ll feel 180 nylon filaments tremble like prairie grass, and learn why the bow is called the instrument’s “two legs.” Just let the steppe gallop straight into your headphones.
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    26 mins
  • Mustafa Alim: Choosing rhythm over the pulse

    Mustafa Alim: Choosing rhythm over the pulse
    Sep 26 2025
    This episode follows Mustafa Alim, a musician from Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region in northwest China, who fell in love with the accordion. Actively promoting accordion culture, he has engaged in cross-cultural exchanges through domestic and international accordion festivals and concert tours, showcasing the instrument’s role as a cultural symbol of Xinjiang.
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    23 mins
  • Encore: Music strings a bridge cross the border

    Encore: Music strings a bridge cross the border
    Apr 1 2025
    Over the past decade, Liu Yuening, a Chinese dulcimer professor with the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing, has committed herself to using music as a bridge to enhance intercultural communication between China and India. She believes cultural exchanges between the two giants play a significant role in helping people understand each other's cultures more deeply. This episode was produced on June 24, 2022.
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    29 mins
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