Performances Archives - Smithsonian's National Museum of Asian Art

Close up of Ruan Lingyu in the black and white silent film The Goddess, her hand is curled near her face and she stares off screen

September 17, 2021September 17, 2021

Ruan Lingyu: The Goddess of Chinese Silent Cinema

Asian Cinema, Asian Film, Chinese Cinema, film, music, Silent Cinema, Silent Film

September 1, 2021September 2, 2021

From Court to Concert Hall: The Origins of Classical Music in Japan

classical music, concert, court music, Japan, Meiji era, music, piano, violin

A king sitting on a woven rug surrounded by trees, the rug is on a field of yellow, the king is seated against a bolster and two birds are perched on his outstretched hand

June 11, 2020June 11, 2020

Studying Rajput Ragamala Paintings

Indian art, Indian classical music, Ragamala painting, South Asian art

Arash Moradi and Xanthe Greshem

April 27, 2020April 27, 2020

Performance Storytelling in the Spirit of Celebrating Women

Performers from Utamaro, the musical

July 19, 2017March 25, 2020

Utamaro: The Musical at the Freer|Sackler

Kitagawa Utamaro

Kayhan Kalhor

April 21, 2017March 25, 2020

Music from the Muslim World at the Freer|Sackler

shadow puppet play - wayang

November 8, 2016March 25, 2020

Performing Indonesia: Sumarsam

Performing Indonesia

Indonesian reciter Maria Ulfah

November 4, 2016March 25, 2020

The Art of Qur’anic Recitation

Performing Indonesia

This year's Performing Indonesia festival includes a shadow puppet play on November 10.

November 2, 2016March 25, 2020

Performing Indonesia: Ismunandar

Performing Indonesia

October 20, 2016March 25, 2020

Performing Indonesia: Music from Sulawesi and West Java

Performing Indonesia

Meeta Fauzan - fashion show runway photo

September 22, 2016March 25, 2020

High Fashion for Muslim Wear

Performing Indonesia

Andy McGraw plays the kendang drum with Gamelan Raga Kusuma, one of the ensembles that will perform on September 22.

September 20, 2016March 25, 2020

Performing Indonesia: Andy McGraw, musician and teacher

Performing Indonesia

The House of Angklung

September 6, 2016March 25, 2020

Performing Indonesia: Tickets On Sale!

Performing Indonesia

Flowers and a brook - Color over gold on paper

June 20, 2016May 26, 2020

Japanese Music for the Summer Solstice

June 8, 2016March 25, 2020

World Oceans Day: Songs of Travel

May 11, 2016March 25, 2020

Word of the Day: zhiyin

April 21, 2016October 11, 2017

Wu Man Comes to Washington

January 26, 2016March 25, 2020

Making Musical Waves

koto, S2004.3.21

January 13, 2016March 25, 2020

Freer, Marlboro, and the Library of Congress: A Musical History

Meyer Auditorium

October 29, 2015March 25, 2020

JACK Quartet and Lightbulb: Indonesian Music with a Twist

gamelan, Indonesia

The Lute and White Snake of Benten (Sarasvati)

July 17, 2015March 25, 2020

Friday Fave: Lute and White Snake

F1904.134, Friday Fave

Tarek Yamani performing at the Freer Gallery of Art

January 27, 2015March 25, 2020

Arab Jazz: An Interview with Tarek Yamani

December 4, 2014March 25, 2020

Meaning and Melody

F1942.15b, Nasta'liq, Podcasts

August 7, 2014March 25, 2020

Whistler and the British Music Hall

F1896.76, James McNeill Whistler

June 12, 2014March 25, 2020

Music in the Time of Kiyochika

Japan, Kobayashi Kiyochika

April 11, 2014October 11, 2017

Thunder on the Mall: Cherry Blossom Edition

cherry blossoms, Japan Spring