{"id":2343,"date":"2009-04-16T06:00:39","date_gmt":"2009-04-16T13:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/?p=2343"},"modified":"2009-04-16T00:30:29","modified_gmt":"2009-04-16T07:30:29","slug":"amazing-erhu-artistry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2009\/04\/16\/amazing-erhu-artistry\/","title":{"rendered":"amazing erhu artistry"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This video just left me with my mouth hanging open.\u00c2\u00a0 Sun Huang, who is a professor at China&#8217;s Central Conservatory, performs the Saint-S\u00c3\u00a4ens <em>Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso<\/em> on the two-stringed folk instrument, the erhu.\u00c2\u00a0 It&#8217;s amazing technical playing, but that&#8217;s not the story here.\u00c2\u00a0 What&#8217;s special is that she plays it with a musicality that many a violinist could only dream of. 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