Chinese artist seeks to take dulcimer music near and far

BEIJING - Holding two bamboo mallets, one in each hand, and alternately hitting the strings on a trapezoid-shaped wooden instrument, Liu Yuening is consumed by the reverberating notes.

Liu, 54, a Chinese dulcimer artist and professor at the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing, has made friends all over the world through her performances.

Music can traverse language and geography to bring people closer, according to her.