The beautiful culture of Asia is undeniable. The recorded and cherished history of Asia
is unparalleled around the world. The culture is rich with struggles, tragedies, and triumphs
The stories of the history are all chronicled in the music. As with western music, Asian
composers have documented not only the events, but the feelings of the people.
Most people think that Asian music is not much more than the twanging strings they hear
in Chinese restaurants. There much more to it. The music you would hear in India, is very
different than what you would hear in Laos, or Tokyo. Take a look at some of these websites
that give a general overview of music from all over Asia. If you like what you see, follow
the links at the bottom of the page to some of the specific countries and styles.
Here's a site with a good base of information www.music.bufalo.edu .
The Asian Electric Orchestra has a great site documenting their adventures.
Check out cybermusicasia.com it is an excellent source of Asian music.
Music festivals are very popular all over Asia, click here to read about one of the biggest.
All of the performing arts in Asia are well revered, visit the Chinese performing arts page to see just how impressive they are.
Children are exposed to music at a young age, many take up instruments before they even start reading.
Their talent is evident with The Asian Youth Orchestra .
Western style pop music, is out of control in Asia, and Asians definitely have their own take on it, Outcaste is something you gotta see.
As you can see the variety of music from Asia is great. Please check out the links below to
find out even more about music from the different reigons of Asia.
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