Recitals of music for the guzheng — the ancient 21-stringed Chinese zither — are not exactly staples of the Washington concert scene. So it was a rare treat when Bing Xia and Rujia Teng, two virtuosos ...

All throughout May, WTOP is celebrating Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month with stories about the people and places shaping the D.C. region. One of the oldest, most identifiable sounds ...

When he was still a teenager, Jarrelle Barton, who grew up in Cleveland, discovered the guzheng, an ancient Chinese zither. Barton progressed as far as he could on his own and then moved to ...