These days, the string quartet as an ensemble is a tried and true form of chamber music, but it’s only within the past three ...

Although their bellies are made from a 1,000 year old piece of wood, the two violins, a viola and cello made in Orange in central-west New South Wales are nearly brand new and have almost never been ...

Luthier, or strings instrument maker, Peter Reid of Orange in central west New South Wales, calls the special quartet instruments he has made his "family". The two violins, a viola and a cello are ...

The story of the Coimbatore String Ensemble (CSE) traverses three generations. It begins in the 1930s with three brothers — C.M. Jesudason, C. Solomon and C. Pagyanathan — all self-taught western ...

Senior Academic Advisor Christine Norquest recalled a conversation with her colleague Kate Torno regarding an English department advisee who happened to play the cello. When reminiscing on this ...

Members of the Tokyo String Quartet say the four players in their group try to fit together as if they were a single instrument. So they do, in the best way. In their program Sunday afternoon for the ...

TAGUMPAY de Leon (fondly called “Pi” by his family, friends, and colleagues) teaches a rondalla ensemble at University of California, Riverside (UCR) by first acquainting them with playing open ...

Wu Man, one of the foremost pipa players in the world, has recently been working closely with Yo-Yo Ma’s Silk Road project. Today she’ll appear with the Shanghai Quartet in a concert mixing modern ...

Following its stunning interpretation of the music of Polish jazz violinist Zbigniew Seifert on Seifert (Zbigniew Seifert Foundation, 2017), Atom String Quartet turns its attention to the oeuvre of ...