This week, Ira spoke with ArcoStrum (Strauss Shi - violin, erhu, dizi; TY Zhang - classical guitar, electric guitar) performing November 15 in the Artemus W. Ham Concert Hall at the UNLV Performing Arts Center. In this episode of “Talk About Las Vegas With Ira,” TY and Strauss talk about how they met and became friends before becoming a mu-sical duo; how they came from soloist backgrounds; why they decided on no limits to their musical choices and elements; how it all starts with excitement; combining fun with perfor-mance; calling it a show but with a professional level; why everything artistic has a goal (be entertaining); how Strauss got his name; their first concert in China as a duo; how they developed the name ArcoStrum; why their approach (core genre) is “modern traditional”; de-veloping the “ArcoStrum Experience”; and how artist competitions encouraged them to think out of the box. (Also Watch Full Podcast Video)