The xun – pronounced huen in Cantonese – is a flute shaped like an egg but with a flat bottom. It is the signature clay instrument of modern Chinese orchestras. Modern examples have multiple ...

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The music of the Chaar Yaar Ensemble demonstrates how difference need not be a big deal. It’s not just the religious identities of the band members that often finds mention. Nor ...

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JP “The Book of Esther in the Age of Rembrandt,” at the Jewish Museum, New York (through August 10): In the mid-seventeenth ...

Starring Anamaria Vartolomei and Matt Dillon, this French drama chronicles the life of the actress Maria Schneider after her traumatic experience on the set of “Last Tango in Paris.” By ...

The nine instruments: flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, violin, viola, cello and double bass. Varied it was, with the spritely melody handed off from one player to another and rapid shifts in ...